MV Normandie

MV Normandie is a ferry operated by Brittany Ferries. She was built at Kværner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard in Finland and has been sailing for Brittany Ferries since 1992.

MV Normandie departing from Portsmouth Harbour, outward bound for Caen, 11 October 2010.
History
Name: MV Normandie
Owner: SENACAL
Operator: Brittany Ferries
Port of registry: Caen,  France
Route: Portsmouth-Caen (Ouistreham)
Ordered: May 1990
Builder: Kværner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard, Finland
Launched: 3 October 1991
Christened: 15 May 1992
Completed: 1992
Maiden voyage: 18 May 1992
Identification: IMO number: 9006253
Status: in service
General characteristics
Tonnage: 27,542 gt
Length: 161 m (528 ft)
Beam: 26 m (85 ft)
Installed power: 4 × Wärtsilä Vasa 12V32E; 6,033bhp each
Speed: 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph)
Capacity:
  • 2,123 passengers
  • 575 vehicles
Crew: 137

SECA 2015 refit

On the 1st January 2015, the EU (including the North Sea, English Channel, Eastern side of the Western Channel and Baltic Sea) will have sulfur in marine fuel cut from the allowance in 2014 of 1% to 0.1% of sulphur allowed. Later that month, Brittany Ferries then announced three intentions; To fit scrubbers to a number of older vessels, to convert newer vessels to LNG, and to construct a new LNG powered ferry. Later, Brittany Ferries withdrew and cancelled the order for a new LNG-powered ferry and for the LNG conversions, and instead announced that all vessels were to have scrubbers systems fitted. Accordingly, Normandie was fitted with a scrubber in October 2015. In the same dry dock visit, improvements were made to her public areas.

Routes served

Normandie rarely strays from the route for which she was built, however she has operated between Portsmouth and Cherbourg on a number of sailings, mostly for Christmas and New Year layovers but also in 1994 to transport the Tour de France back to its home country after a leg in the United Kingdom.

In late 2016, Brittany Ferries signed a letter of intent with Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft for a new cruise ferry between Portsmouth-Caen to be delivered in 2019. The new vessel, Honfleur, will result in a fleet movement with Normandie assigned to the Portsouth-Le Havre service from late 2019.

In June 2020 Brittany Ferries announced the cancellation of the Honfleur contract with the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft shipyard in Germany meaning Normandie will remain in the Portsmouth-Caen route.

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