MV Biokovo
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Biokovo |
| Owner: | 2009 onwards: Jadrolinija[1] |
| Operator: | 2009 onwards: Jadrolinija[1] |
| Port of registry: | Rijeka, Template:Country data Croatia |
| Route: | Split–Supetar (as of 2010) |
| Builder: | Brodosplit, Split, Croatia |
| Completed: | July 2009 |
| In service: | 2009 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9559107 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hull 515 class ro-ro ferry[1] |
| Tonnage: |
3,193 GT (gross tonnage)[2] 1,101 NT (net tonnage)[2] |
| Length: | 87.60 m (287 ft 5 in)[2] |
| Beam: | 17.50 m (57 ft 5 in)[2] |
| Draught: | 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power: |
4 × Caterpillar 537 kW diesels (combined 2148 kW)[2] |
| Speed: | 13.0 knots (24.08 km/h; 14.96 mph) |
| Capacity: |
1200 passengers 138 cars |
MF Biokovo is a ro-ro vehicle and passenger ferry owned and operated by Jadrolinija, the Croatian state-owned ferry company. She was built in July 2009 by the Brodosplit shipyard in Split, Croatia. As of June 2010 she serves on the Split—Supetar route.
MF Biokovo is a Hull 515 class ferry, along with its twin, the MF Jadran, which was also built at Brodosplit in May 2010.[1] These two ferries were commissioned as part of Jadrolinija's fleet renewal program, which (as of June 2010) include a total of eight newly built ships since 2004. These including two other Hull 515 class ferries, the MF Hrvat and MF Juraj Dalmatinac which had been built by the Kraljevica shipyard and delivered in 2007.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Zaplovio trajekt Jadran" (in Croatian). Agencija za obalni linijski pomorski promet. 31 May 2010. http://www.agencija-zolpp.hr/tabid/1534/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/894/ZAPLOVIO-TRAJEKT-JADRAN.aspx. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Biokovo" (in Croatian). Jadrolinija. http://www.jadrolinija.hr/default.aspx?dpid=1678. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
External links
- MF Biokovo at the Jadrolinija official website (Croatian)
- Zaplovio trajekt Jadran at Agencija-ZOLPP.hr (Croatian)
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