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The RUSADIR (ex HONFLEUR) is a RoPax ferry originally built at the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) shipyard in Germany for Brittany Ferries. Due to construction delays, the initial contract was terminated, and the ship was later completed at Fosen Yard in Norway in 2022. As of 2023, the ship is part of Baleària's fleet.
The ferry was initially ordered in June 2017 from Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) with construction number 774. The construction began on March 12, 2018, and the keel was laid on August 6, 2018. The ship was named after HONFLEUR, a French port town at the mouth of the Seine River, and was launched on December 14, 2018. The original delivery date was set for June 2019, with the ferry expected to operate mainly between the French port of Caen and the British port of Portsmouth.
Due to financial difficulties faced by the shipyard, the contractual delivery could not be fulfilled by April 30, 2019. The delivery was later postponed to the end of 2019, with the NORMANDIE continuing to serve the route in the meantime. In relation to the pandemic, the delivery was further delayed to 2021. In June 2020, the contract was terminated by the client. According to the shipyard, completion would have taken another 11 to 12 months, and the client was reliant on the ship.
The following month, the ship was taken over by the former shipyard owner, Siem Group. Siem commissioned the Fosen Yards shipyard in Trondheim, Norway, to complete the vessel. On October 25, 2020, the ship, accompanied by two tugboats, left the shipyard for Trondheim, arriving at the end of October/early November 2020. The ship was finally completed and delivered on May 23, 2022, after which it was relocated to Gdynia, Poland, and temporarily laid up.
In early 2023, the ship was prepared for deployment with the Spanish shipping company Baleària. Now renamed RUSADIR, the ferry operates between Málaga, Spain, and the Spanish exclave of Melilla in North Africa. The ship is equipped with a diesel-electric/gas-electric drive system. Four Wärtsilä dual-fuel W6L46DFA engines power generators, which in turn supply electricity to two electric motors connected to two propellers. The emergency generator is driven by a Mitsubishi S12R-M(P)TA engine. The ship is also equipped with three transverse thrusters.
The RUSADIR can carry up to 1,680 passengers and offers 261 cabins, a restaurant, a boutique, and spacious lounges. The vehicle deck provides 2,600 lane meters, accommodating 130 semi-trailers or a combination of 550 passenger cars and 64 semi-trailers.
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