MS Fram

The Fram before Upernarvik (Greenland)

Lloyd 's Register of Shipping

IMO no. 9370018

The Fram is a passenger and ro-ro ship Hurtigruten ASA, which was mainly designed for expedition cruises. It has a length of about 114 meters, a width of 20 meters and is measured with 11,650 GT. The ship is certified with Ice Class 1B ( average ice conditions with ice thickness to 0.6 m). The ship's name was taken from the same research vessel exhibited in Oslo, with the polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup and Roald Amundsen took several expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic.

History

Construction and commissioning

On 30 September 2005, the Ofotens above Vester Aalen Dampskibsselskap A / S, the Italian shipyard Fincantieri to build a new passenger ship, mainly in cruise service in the polar regions, but should be used on the Hurtigruten. Commissioned The ship was laid with the hull number 6144 on 21 August 2006 in Monfalcone at Kiel, in November of the same year the building dock was flooded. After the completion of the ship in February 2007 was test driven. On 23 April 2007, the ship to her owners Hurtigruten ASA could be delivered. Then it was transferred over Barcelona, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Copenhagen to Oslo and baptized there on 19 May 2007 by the Norwegian Crown Princess Mette- Marit on the name Fram. The purchase price was reported to be converted to 68.6 million euros.

Use

In contrast to the other ships in the Hurtigruten Fram does not operate a regular service along the Norwegian coast, but is used exclusively for expedition cruises. During the summer months in the northern hemisphere, the ship cruises through the waters around Greenland and is applied during the winter months in the Antarctic. During the transfer trips and destinations in tropical latitudes are underway.

Incidents

On the evening of December 28, 2007, the Fram collided after an engine failure in Antarctic waters off Brown Bluff with an iceberg and was doing damage to the outer skin. Despite this damage the ship under its own power could start the nearest berth a Chilean military base on King George Iceland. Passengers were not used in the accident to damage.

Machinery and drive

The Fram is equipped with a diesel-electric machinery. Four diesel generator sets supply the ship with electricity. A generator set consists of a long-stroke designed six-cylinder diesel engine of the type MaK 6M25, which develops at a speed of 750 rpm is rated at 2000 kW (about 2720 hp) and an alternator drives.

The ship itself is driven by two rudder propeller type Rolls- Royce "Aqua Master AZP 120 ". The electric drive motors are located in the hull and act on shafts and bevel gear on the two aligned in the direction of travel 4-blade fixed pitch propeller ( " tractor propeller "). The nacelles can be rotated by 360 ° and allow high maneuverability. In addition, the Fram has two thrusters in the bow and a pair of fin stabilizers.

Equipment

The Fram, the 8 decks and 128 cabins in space for 318 passengers and 70 crew members. In coastal trade in Norway it is for a maximum of 500 passengers, admitted at Expedition ride for only 400 passengers. The influence of the culture of Greenland interior of Fram designed by architect Arne Johansen. The public areas have been identified in inuitischer language.

To be used in regular service on the Norwegian mail boat line, the Hurtigruten can, the ship features similar to all other Hurtigruten ships of the new generation on a side cargo door on the port side through which the cargo space can be loaded on deck 2 with freight and passenger cars can. The cargo area has a parking capacity for 200 Euro pallets or 25 cars.

Gallery

Stern and starboard side

Staircase on Deck 5

Looking into the dining room