The ferry operates between Monmouth County, New Jersey and Wall Street
Rolls-Royce supplies the New York's newest ferry with MTU's diesel engines type 12V 4000 M64. The vessel will be operated by Seastreak. Photo: Rolls-Royce
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Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply power and propulsion to New York’s the newest and largest high-speed ferry.

The catamaran, operated by New Jersey based Seastreak, will carry up to 600 passengers between Monmouth County, New Jersey and Wall Street in less than 40 minutes [ds_preview]at a top speed of 35 kn.

The vessel is powered by four MTU diesel engines type 12V 4000 M64 from Rolls-Royce. According to the company the engines will be EPA Tier III compliant and offer the lowest emissions on the market. The four engines will drive four Rolls-Royce Kamewa 63S4 waterjets, providing both reliability and redundancy.

This new vessel, together with improvements to three Seastreak-class vessels, will require the investment of more than 24 mill. $.

The new ferry will include the latest in luxury seating, panoramic windows, beautiful interior design featuring all-LED lighting, flat screen TVs viewable from any seat, multiple dedicated charging stations, Wi-Fi, and high-tech HVAC systems. To be known as the Commodore class, the craft is being designed by Incat-Crowther of Sydney, Australia. It will be built at Gulf Craft and is expected for delivery in 2017. Then it would be the highest passenger capacity USCG K-class high-speed ferry in the United States.

Power for three older ferries

In addition the Seastreak class vessels »Highlands«, »New York« and »New Jersey« will be upgraded and repowered with Rolls-Royce equipment over the next several years. This should start with »New York« this winter. Seastreak plans to upgrade and repower one vessel per year each winter, it’s said.

All three vessels will be refitted with modern Tier 3 MTU 16V 4000 M64 engines driving Rolls-Royce waterjets. This new engine and jet configuration will not only be cleaner burning, and better for the environment, but will also remove approximately 20 t of weight.