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Re: Nachrichten aus dem Baltischen Verkehrsraum [by Jan_Moerchen]

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:24:43 +0400

Schiffe und Schifffahrt der Hansa::[solved] Nachrichten aus dem Baltischen Verkehrsraum
MV Transfer hat ihren Weg in den Osten fortgesetzt und hat heute das Seegebiet rund um Sizilien, Italien erreicht. Zusammen mit MV Vikingland, welche auch eine Zeit von Travemünde fuhr, für Transfennica, wenn ich mich nicht irre. Das Ziel für den Moment ist der Suezkanal. MV Vikingland wird ihren Weg nach Kuwait fortsetzen um dort auf Aufträge zu warten.

In den Schiffswerften haben sich ein paar Änderungen ergeben:

MV Stena Vision hat die Werft in Landskrona heute morgen verlassen und wird erst Karlskrona anlaufen.
MV Skania von Unity Line hat ebenfalls die Werft in Gdansk, Polen verlassen und wird in den nächsten Stunden Svinoujscie, Polen erreichen.

In Odense liegen im Moment 3 Passagierschiffe in der Werft:

MV Lofoten (Hurtigruten), ein altes Schiff aus den 1950ern.
MV Stena Germanica
MV Wind Ambition (ex MV Scandinavica, ex MV King of Scandinavia, ex MV Cesme), welche zu einem Hotelschiff für Offshore Projekte umgebaut worden ist. Sie ist in Odense sicherlich für die technische Überprüfung.

Re: News in the Baltic traffic area [by Jan_Moerchen]

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:17:43 +0400

Hansa-traffic past and present::[request] News in the Baltic traffic area
MV Transfer has continued her way to the East and has today reached the area around Sicilia, Italy. Together with MV Vikingland, which also travelled a time from Travemünde for Transfennica, if I am right. The destination for the moment is the Suez Channel area. MV Vikingland will continue to Kuwait, waiting for orders.

In the shipyards there have been some changes:

MV Stena Vision has left the shipyard in Landskrona today in the morning and will travel to Karlskrona first.
MV Skania from Unity Line has also left the area around Gdansk and will arrive to Svinoujscie, Poland in the next hours.

In Odense there are at the moment 3 passenger ships in the shipyard:

MV Lofoten (Hurtigruten), a old vessel of the 1950ies.
MV Stena Germanica
MV Wind Ambition (ex MV Scandinavica, ex MV King of Scandinavia, ex MV Cesme) which has been rebuild to an hotel ship for offshore projects. She is in Odense surely for technical maintenance.

SS Rotterdam [by cos918]

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:44:09 +0400

Hansa-traffic past and present:: SS Rotterdam
Hello all
The ss Rotterdam in Rotterdam is up for sale. The price has droped from 120M euro to 81M euro. In her first year she had over 500 000 vistors and yet she still does not break even. The brings in to light the cost of big ship presavition. It all raises the question If Finnjet had been given a perment birth in Turku would she have broken even?

John

Re: reason for scrapping finnjet [by R.Kempas]

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:11:02 +0400

GTS Finnjet:: reason for scrapping finnjet
Hello,

It is completely possible that one main diesel which "someone" said was damaged, was actually only unserviceable due to an inexperienced crew taking over in Italy, but still had a certain number of good hours in her.

We heard from the last Finnish crewmen that they had trouble in teaching the new engineering crew. "Only one man out of them understood something"

It is a fact that a new inexperienced crew destroyed a brand new AC compressor.

We have conflicting opinions of what the core state of the main diesels was. Less conflict about the five aux diesels requiring replacing.

More efficient gas turbines were projected already in the early 1990's, but the owner decided to overhaul other ships instead. Her new reduction gears retained this future upgrade option.

Finnjet could most likely have run profitably without any major alterations on the lucrative South-Korea - Japan route, which was thwarted by South-Korean legislation penalizing ships based on their age.

What no one contests is that her "icebreaker" hull was in magnificent shape, which the men in India learned the hard way. She was well worthy of fresh machines or an exempt to junk ship laws governing for instance Greece. By letting her machine upgrades slip, she ended up in a state where a multitude of her machines required replacing to make her more economical in more competitive markets.

Finally, her designer and builder Mr. Saarikangas had projected a lifespan of 70-80 years.

That's the best answer I can give today based on discussions and her papers.

Re: Big model ships Finn-Amer and 2x Finnpartner for sale. [by R.Kempas]

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:22:36 +0400

Hansa-traffic past and present:: Big model ships Finn-Amer and 2x Finnpartner for sale.
Hello again,

I've got the website of the shop deciphered.

http://www.antiikkiliikewanhaelias.fi/

More pics and prices are under the category "meriantiikki".

Perhaps the heirs of "Amer" are selling these models. It was a cigarette company which utilized their brand names on these vessels.

Re: Another Finnjet Model [by cos918]

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:56:28 +0400

GTS Finnjet:: Another Finnjet Model
Hi all
In the lastest issue of Marine Modelling interntional November 2011 there is a good wright up on a Finnjet model.

John

Re: Proposal of the official FHS T-Shirt [by Oskari]

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:18:34 +0400

GTS Finnjet:: Proposal of the official FHS T-Shirt
Nice, were can I buy them. Want one for Christmas.

Re: News from the old FINNJET harbours [by Jan_Moerchen]

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:35:44 +0400

Hansa-traffic past and present::[solved] News from the old FINNJET harbours
- Travemünde -

The traffic control centre for the ship movements in the Baltic from Flensburg to Wismar gets also its outline. The shell of the building at the Trave river has been finished. It will fill the surrounding of the hotel a little bit, because the former Aquatop building is now missing. It will be interesting, when there will be build up a new project.

Re: Finnjet videot [by Rokker]

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:09:18 +0400

Finnjet:: Finnjet videot
Turbiinien ujellus-video ei enää ole ylläolevan linkin takana, toivottavasti on jollain jaossa?

Rokk Oon !

Re: Finnjet-Kartonmodell [by pianisto]

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:40:24 +0400

Finnjet, das Ferienschiff nach Finnland!:: Finnjet-Kartonmodell
Hallo Ihr,

es geht mit dem Projekt voran, anbei drei Bilder.

Gruß pianisto