Faust
Faust departing Zeebrugge through the Pierre Vandamme Lock, 21 Oct 2007, 17:30. The World's Largest Car Carrier [along with her sister Fidelio]. Isolde is seen behind in the first few shots. Ship Type:LCTC Capacity car (RT43): 8,000
Capacity car/trucks: 3,484/468
Length (m): 227.8 Beam (m): 32.26 Draft (m): 11.3
Deadweight (m/t): 30,383 Gross tonnage: 71,583
Main engine/Power (kW): 16000
Built year: 2007 Delivered: 2007 [May]
Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, Korea
Charter: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
[Fidelio was delivered in Sept 2007, and identical in all respects except for her slightly lower Deadweight (m/t): 30,137 ] Three further vessels in the series are due for delivery in February [Fedora], August and October 2008
For Fidelio at Zeebrugge 19 Apr 2008 see
http://public.fotki.com/Magwa/cruising/oceana-apr-2008/other-ships--ferrie/fideliowaterways1/