DELIVERY OF H/S/F OCEANUS
AT SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES’ SHIPYARD
OF SOUTH KOREA
Members of the Board of Directors of MINOAN LINES and other company executives of the shipping and technical fields attended the delivery ceremony.
The following executives represented the shipyard: Mr. J.W. Kim (President & C.E.O.), Mr. S.C. Kim (Executive Vice President), Mr. G. H. Lee (Executive Vice President), Mr. C.H. Park (Vice President), Mr. H. T. Kim (Vice President), Mr. Y. R. Joo (Vice President), Mr. D.Y. Yim (Senior Manager, Project Coordinator), Mr. Y.T. Ha (Senior Manager, Project Manager).
All attendees at the delivery ceremony had the opportunity to enjoy the vessel's well-designed interiors the comfort and the wide range of services that will be available to the passengers of the H/S/F OCEANUS which is a sister vessel of the H/S/F PROMETHEUS.
H/S/F OCEANUS' technical characteristics are: Length 212 meters, width 25 meters, total capacity 26,995 tones, net capacity 8.099 tones, 2 stabilizers, 4 WARTSILLA engines: 12,600 KW (each) and carrying capacity: 1000 passengers, 580 vehicles or 113 trucks and 104 vehicles. The service speed is 31,5 knots.
Also the vessel is equipped with: Restaurants, Lounges, Bars, Entertainment lounges, Satellite telephone and fax, Casino, Embarkation / Disembarkation System and cabins specially designed for people with special needs.
H/S/F OCEANUS will arrive in Greece at the end of July and on August 5 will be deployed on the PATRAS ·IGOUMENITSA · VENICE sea route. MINOAN LINES, with the deployment of this new vessel, gains a competitive advantage on this route, decreasing the traveling time by 5 hours.
This vessel is the second of the four sister vessels under construction in the SAMSUNG shipyards in South Korea on behalf of MINOAN LINES and is part of the company's investment plan for the construction of 8 luxurious, high-speed vessels, which is progressing as scheduled.