A ship destined to "revolutionize" sea travel between mainland Italy and Sardinia.
We are talking about the Moby “Legacy”, launched this week at the GSI shipyard in Guangzhou, China, a new generation vessel, sister ship to the Moby “Fantasy”, and which will arrive in our seas in the coming months.
It will operate on the route between Livorno and Olbia offering «cruise ship standards, absolutely excellent on-board services and instruments that make the journey not only comfortable and fast, but also totally sustainable».
The numbers are record-breaking: 237 meters long, 32 wide, for a tonnage of 69,500 tons. It can accommodate up to 2,500 passengers in 550 cabins, and thanks to over 3,800 linear meters of garage it can carry up to 1,300 cars or 300 trucks.
As for the engine, the power is 10.8 megawatts, for a cruising speed of 23.5 knots, with peaks of 25 knots.
«Furnishings, equipment, cabins and common areas - explains a note - are designed to ensure the best crossing ever for travelers to and from Sardinia, with a quality never seen before in Italy that combines the traditional excellence of Moby with the characteristic of offer a journey worthy of a cruise, even if it is only for a few hours. Every detail has been studied down to the smallest detail, including some absolute novelties for Italy: from the possibility of side boarding in the garage which will speed up boarding and disembarking operations, to absolute attention also to the crew cabins and their standards» .
Moby Legacy, obviously together with Moby Fantasy, is the largest ferry in the world and will also be a driving force for the development of the economy of Livorno, Olbia and Sardinia, creating more than 500 direct and related jobs.
«Very important – underlines Moby – will be the attention to the protection of the environment and to the energy and ecological transition that distinguishes each option of Legacy (and Fantasy): the ships are in fact equipped with a series of equipment that will allow to reduce emissions. And there will also be the possibility of switching from traditional fuel to LNG liquefied natural gas, which is the cleanest fuel for ships".
«With the launch of the Legacy – concludes the company – which follows that of Fantasy in recent months, Moby is writing a new page in its history. And also on the sides it returns to the future with the Blue Whale on the livery».
(Unioneonline/lf)
