CoCo Yachts won a tender for aluminium high speed ferries with Zhuhai Fast Ferry Company on the grounds of best performance, best overall design and price.
The new designed Coastal Cruisers 356 will start the service between Zhuhai and the islands in the Pearl River delta. The new vessels will be designed and built in accordance with the China Classification Society Rules 2015 and IMO High Speed Code 2000, and are therefore allowed to sail between P.R. China and Hong Kong.
Zhuhai Fast Ferry Company has several fast ferries in its fleet, including two CoCo Yachts designed Coastal Cruiser 288, which are sailing between Zhuhai port and the Chinese Ferry Terminal in Hong Kong.
New ferry design
The Coastal Cruiser 356 is a totally new design, specially designed for the Zhuhai – Island routes in relatively rough seas. The hull, including the propeller tunnel, have been designed and optimised by using the in-house HPC cluster, running Numeca FineMarine CFD software in order to achieve the best possible performance. Not only the resistance has been optimised for the highest possible efficiency as well as seakeeping at 25 knots service speed in waves of two metres.
The aluminium high speed passenger ferries will be built at Plenty Ships – Sunbird Group in Zhuhai, in the just opened aluminium production facility, measuring 250 x 126 m. The Coastal Cruiser 356 will be delivered to Zhuhai Fast Ferry Company in Q2- 2018. Both vessels will be deployed to run services in the Pearl River delta.
