Two 107 meter or 351 foot catamaran ferries is going to be built for passenger and vehicle transportation between your Hawaiian Islands. Among the ferries is well into its construction; it will likely be ready for delivery inside the first half of 2007. The next ferry is in the initial phases of the build and really should be searching for delivery initially of 2009.Kailua Kona area
These gargantuan catamarans will be for Hawaii Superferry (HSF). They are going to shuttle passengers from Honolulu to Maui and Kauai in three hours and from Honolulu for the Big Island in 4 hours.
The mammoth catamarans should be able to sustain 866 passengers and 282 vehicles. So that you can move this enormous load the catamarans is going to be fitted with 20 cylinder MTU 8000 Series engines. Each power plant will produce 8,200 Kilowatts or 10,995 horsepower and weigh 99,208 pounds. Click here
Each one of the catamarans will have 4 of such monster sized engines which is a total of 43,993 horsepower and 396,832 pounds just in engine weight alone. The catamaran ferries will be the largest aluminum vessels ever built on U.S. soil.
The very first ship that is carried out 2007 its four engines were installed 21 days before schedule that has been a significant feat, given the grandeur of the build. This will be Hawaii's first very fast vehicle passenger transport service.