Car carrier ship handed over to Israel

The Violet Ace, a car carrier ship, has been handed over to Israeli Ray Shipping Company Ltd by the Ha Long Shipbuilding Company.

The ship has the capacity to transport up to 4,900 cars per voyage.

It is 185.6 metres long and 32.26 metres wide with 36.1 metres in freeboard heigh, and can travel at a maximum speed of 19.8 nautical miles per hour.

The Violet Ace was designed by the Italian Naval Progetti Design Institute and supervised by the Norwegian DNV register.

It was designed and built to operate with a 1A1 grade automatic system, the highest class used for car carriers.

Tags: Ha Long Shipbuilding Company, The Violet Ace, Vietnam Shipbuilding industry

Posted by VBN on Oct 4 2010. Filed under Shipbuilding. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry