Image: Ferry loading

Description: A ferry being loaded with passengers in the Indian Ocean in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Ship Type: double-ended ferry Contract: October 2006 Built by: M/S Neue Ruhrorter Schiffswerft Gmbh, Duisburg. The project planning and section construction of the newbuilding had been carried out in Germany in accordance with the rules of Germanischer Lloyd. Assembling works in Tanzania started in November 2007 at the Tanzanian shipyard specially founded for this purpose. Launched: 14 November 2008 Costs: About 8,460,480,000 local currency, equivalent to 5,287,800 Euros Length: 74.1 m Width: 17.44 m Tons: 500 Passengers: 2000 Cars: 60 Main engines: Four identical engine modules, each incorporating one Caterpillar Engine CAT 3406 C DITA with a Twin Disk reversing gearbox of type MG. 400 Horse Power each with SCHOTTEL Pump-Jets of type SPJ 82 RD for main propulsion. The entire electrical control equipment is also integrated on the frame. History 2008 Named MV Magogoni for the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MOID) in Tanzania
Title: Ferry loading
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Author: Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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