MS Color Fantasy

The Color Fantasy on September 3, 2005 Laboe

Det Norske Veritas

IMO no. 9278234

The Color Fantasy is a ferry by the Norwegian shipping company Color Line. It is marketed by the shipping company as a " cruise ship with car deck ", but guided by the classification society Det Norske Veritas as a car ferry.

The Color Fantasy was measured with approximately 75,000 gross tonnage, making it one of the largest ships of its kind

History

Construction and commissioning

On 16 December 2002, the Color Line and the Finnish shipyard Kvaerner Masa Yards AB signed the contract for the construction of a new ferry. The keel of the hull number 1351 took place on 6 June 2003 in Turku. Like almost all contemporary new ships was also the Color Fantasy in sectional construction. This hull and superstructure are assembled as individual modules in the dock. After Ausdockung ( launch ) on 30 April 2004 and the completion of the ship went on 20 September 2004 for the first time to test drive. On 3 December 2004, handing over to the owner Color Line Cruises AS took place. The construction costs were estimated at about 290 million euros.

On December 5, 2004 left the Color Fantasy Turku and reached on the night of December 7 for the first time keel to tentatively perform docking maneuvers at the new Norwegenkai. Immediately thereafter, the ship headed for Oslo, where it arrived on 8 December.

On 10 December 2004, the Color Fantasy by Anne Sidsel Sunde, wife of the owner Olav Nils Sunde, baptized in Oslo and broke shortly after on the official maiden voyage to Kiel, where she arrived with 1.5 hours late.

Use

The with ice class 1B ( average ice conditions, ice thickness to 0.6 meters ) Certified Color Fantasy ferry service runs daily in between Kiel and Oslo, Norway. The journey takes about 20 hours. The ship broke up this route from the Prins Ragnhild.

Only in April of each year, only every other day there is a departure, because first the Color Fantasy and then the sister ship Color Magic are transferred for ten days each year for maintenance at Blohm Voss in Hamburg. This transfer buses run directly to and from Oslo since the ship for passage through the Kiel Canal is too big.

Equipment

The Color Fantasy has a total height of 60.3 meters and is divided into 15 decks. The ferry is equipped with 2,667 beds in 966 cabins of different categories and approved for 2,750 passengers. It provides parking for 750 cars and 1700 lane meters of trucks and buses. The entertainment character, recognizable by room includes 10 restaurants, theater show, aqua water park and conference deck is, compared to other ferries pronounced.

Trivia

  • In 2005, the Color Fantasy was " very good" in a test of ADAC with the note.
  • Since April 2012, the Color Fantasy is supplied during their stay in Oslo with so-called " shore power ". Shutting down the on-board generators, CO2 emissions are reduced by the shipping company by about 3,000 tons per year.

Gallery

Color Fantasy on 13 December 2004 in Kiel

In the foreground on Norwegenkai in Kiel

In the port of Oslo ( 2007)

The fantasy in the port of Oslo ( 2012)

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