(With videos) Last week, Ferus Smit in Leer, the Netherlands launched the Symphony Sun. The sideway launch was captured on video and shows a curious incident in the background: just before the ship is launched, someone is seen falling into the water.
Although the incident is marked in the video, Ferus Smit made no mention of it in its press release
Symphony Sun Particulars
The Symphony Sun is the fourth vessel in a series of six of the Ecobox design that will be delivered to Symphony Shipping. The vessel was initially namen Nordana Sun.
The design features are:
- Main dimensions (L o.a. X B X T) 122.5 X 17.0 X 7.8 metres
- 10500 DWT, 429.000 cft hold volume
- Iceclass 1A with 3000 kW main engine
- A large single hold of completely box shaped form
- Large loading floor area for project cargoes, including complete movable tweendeck
- 2 X 85 tons cargo cranes
- Deckhouse placed on foreship for better protection of deck cargo and enabling to load oversized items over the stern
- Open top notation; sailing in all weather conditions without maindeck hatches to transport large project cargoes without height restrictions
- The Ferus Smit ECO bulbless Canoe type bow, designed to reduce fuel costs and better sustained speed with excellent sea keeping behavior in harsh weather and sea state conditions
- Propeller equipped with a duct for enhanced thrust at lower speeds and reduction of maximum installed propulsion power
The videos below are by inselvideo and Unimedien. The picture at the top is a still from the video by inselvideo.
