Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has launched the »Ulusoy-14«, the first[ds_preview] of two identical RoRo ferry new buildings for the Turkish shipping company Ulusoy Sealines. The company has ordered the vessels for service on the route between Cesme and Trieste where they will replace four older ferries. Each of the ships has space for 283 trailers and a loading capacity of 4,094 lane metres. So they have almost the same freight capacity as the old units, but will consume significantly less fuel and will have considerably less waste gas emissions.
While the hand-over of »Ulusoy-14« is not scheduled to take place until October this year, the keel of the second new building has been laid at the beginning of August. Her launch is planned for early November and her delivery for January 2013.
