Huakai
| 300px The Huakai at the Austal USA shipyard | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Huakai |
| Owner: | Hawaii Superferry (2009) |
| Operator: | Hawaii Superferry (2009) |
| Port of registry: |
Honolulu, Hawaii,  United States |
| Builder: | Austal USA |
| Cost: | US$88M |
| Yard number: | 616 |
| Way number: | 1 |
| Launched: | September 29, 2008 |
| Status: | Laid Up |
| Notes: | Never Entered Service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ferry |
| Displacement: | 1646 Tons |
| Length: | 373 ft (114 m) |
| Beam: | 78 ft (24 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Decks: | 4 |
| Deck clearance: | 14 feet (4.3 m) |
| Installed power: | 4 x MTU 20V 8000 M70 |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Rolls-Royce KaMeWa 125MkII waterjets |
| Speed: | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Capacity: | 866 passengers, 282 cars |
| Crew: | 21 |
Huakai was Hawaii Superferry's second vessel. The ship was completed in September 2008 and was intended to start service in May 2009, but the ship never entered service in Hawaii. In the Hawaiian language, huakaʻi means "journey".
In January 2010, the United States Maritime Administration announced that Huakai, and Alakai would be used to assist with relief in the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[1] .[2].
Vessel
Huakai is a 373-foot (114 m) long high-speed roll-on / roll-off (Ro/Ro) passenger and vehicle ferry operated by Hawaii Superferry. Huakai has a capacity of 866 passengers and up to 282 subcompact cars. It is 19 feet longer than its sister ship, Alakai, due to a bi-fold ramp installed on the stern of the ship.[3]
Just like Alakai, the vessel features environmentally friendly technologies including non-toxic bottom paint, zero wastewater discharge and clean diesel engines.[4]
The vessel was designed and built by Austal USA, a subsidiary of Austal, an Australian company that is the world's largest builder of fast ferries. Construction on Huakai began in 2007 in Mobile, Alabama. The ship was intended to enter service in 2009, but due to the abrupt shut down of the company the ship is currently laid up in Mobile, Alabama. Alakai also returned to Alabama ship yard. [5]. On July 2, 2009 Hawaii Superferry decided to abandon the Huakai along with Alakai ending all possibilities of the ships to return to Hawaii.[6]
References
- ↑ Maritime Administration Prepares Five Ships For Duty, U.S. Department of Transportation, January 18, 2010
- ↑ Hawaii Superferry Alakai Becomes Sixth Merchant Ship Activated , U.S. Department of Transportation, January 20, 2010
- ↑ http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008sep00300.html
- ↑ Hawaii Superferry - Eco-friendly Features
- ↑ http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/15596/40/
- ↑ http://kgmb9.com/howard/2009/07/01/hawaii-superferry-abandons-ship-and-other-bankruptcies-in-the-news/
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