MS Bergensfjord (2013)
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![]() MS Bergensfjord
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History | |
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Name | Bergensfjord |
Owner | Fjord Skibsholding IV A/S |
Operator | Fjord Line |
Port of registry | Hirtshals ![]() |
Ordered | 17 March 2010 |
Builder | Stocznia Gdansk, Bergen Group Fosen |
Yard number | 88 |
Laid down | 27 May 2011 |
Launched | 1 March 2013 |
Acquired | 3 February 2014 |
In service | April 2014 |
Out of service | February to June 2023 |
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Status | In Service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cruiseferry |
Tonnage | 31,678 GT |
Length | 170 m (560 ft) |
Beam | 27.5 m (90 ft) |
Draught | 6.35 m (20.8 ft) |
Decks | 10 |
Propulsion | LNG/MGO |
Speed | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) |
Capacity | 1,500 passengers, 600 vehicles. |
Crew | 70-100 |
MS Bergensfjord is a cruise ferry owned and operated by the Norwegian ferry operator, Fjord Line who use her on their Hirtshals - Langesund route. The ship was ordered in March 2010, launched in March 2013 and then delivered to Fjord Line on 3 February 2014, Bergensfjord is the sister of the 2013 built Stavangerfjord. Like her sister, she ran exclusively on liquefied natural gas[1] from 2013 to 2022, when the 2021–2023 global energy crisis increased LNG price to uneconomic levels, and Fjord decided to replace the LNG-only engines with dual-fuel engines.[2]
References
- ^ "Fjord Line ferries: 100% LNG". Fleets and Fuels. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ Bankes-Hughes, Lesley. "EUROPE: Fjord Line switching LNG-fuelled vessels to dual fuel engines". Bunkerspot - Independent Intelligence for the Global Bunker Industry.