An impressive achievement that demonstrates what humans can accomplish… worthwhile, useful, technologically advanced. the builders of this ship are the real superheroes!
Fantastic! Breaks my heart to think that my country South Africa can’t even build a house, but only to steal from those who can build, and then they want to still travel in the gold class, makes you sad doesn’t it?
The title is simply misleading, since its older sister ship, the "Benchijigua Express", is significantly larger. I have travelled on the "Benchijigua Express", very nice. Very interesting construction and launching techiques shown in the video. The superstructure shows a lot of strength.
What a beautiful video & beyond amazing to see such a process in modern detail! It blows my mind a ship just as capable was launched twenty years ago & is still in service by the same company, “HSC Benchijigua Express”! 💙
Yes, an awesome ship. Please note that as the "first" of its kind, it is not only the fastest, but also the slowest...! (The most expensive, the least expensive...)
The engineering skills involved in the entire project are mind-bending! And what a beautiful boat this is. I wonder where it will be used in Australia? On the West Coast or the east coast?
@@higherresolution4490 it will never be used in Australia. It is currently being used by the company that commissioned it in Spain. Further no more of these will be built in Australia as the production facility for this company is in the Philippines. The Western Australia facility is only for building prototypes, the build the first ship in a series work out the bugs and then hand over production to the Philippines where it's cheaper to build ships
Does it have a safety zone for any EV vehicles it's carrying? Maybe a place for EV's near the edge of a deck with a mechanism that can fling them into the water when their battery catches fire?
Beautiful ship! I'd love to see one of these ferries doing the Cook Strait run here in NZ! We did have a fast ferry many years ago which looked like a smaller version of this but it was eventually taken off the run.
That's a pisser. I was there in the 70s and have good memories of the ferries and Seattle. Before all the human debris littered the streets and aunt teefa and black live smatter fkd everything up.
I'm thinking of an idea for the return of ocean liners as "micro liners" - ships carrying maybe 100-200 people per voyage, shuttling them across the ocean. The idea would be to supplement the current Cunard liner services with more transoceanic options. People generally fly across the ocean those days, so there is probably a small market for this - but I bet it's not a market of zero.
Internet capacity and workplace compatibility would be a feature of such liners of tomorrow- and telework might make them feasible. If you can work from anywhere, you might be able to afford more time away from the office.
Maybe you should take an atlantic crossing in a smaller vessel before you think more about this... It might not be as fun as you imagine. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mkMVsNEwvX0.html
A$190 million Austal Australia delivered the first trimaran (Hull 394) of the two vessel A$190 million contract, the Bajamar Express, in July 2020. Austal Limited Chief Executive Officer Paddy Gregg said the successful launch was the first to be completed using Austal Philippines' new floating dry dock, Hercules, procured in 2020.
Those boats were also built by this same ship builder. This is just a mistake in the quote by OP. This builder built the first fast one, now this was the an evolution of that and is the biggest (not by length as others have said, but by displacement, how boats are usually compared).
The *HSC Francisco* is a high-speed catamaran and AFAIK holds the record for the fastest passenger ferry at *58 knots.* Also built by an Australian company - *Incat* in Hobart, Tasmania. 😎🇦🇺
They should have shown it cutting through the water looking aft from the fantail. It really is one heck of a machine. Jet boat on steroids X 10... Mucho Gusto!
I love technology, but looking back at the history of how technology evolved does kind of question me, why I can't we live in peace instead of taking resources from another than later show off to the world how advanced you are in technology.
The Isle of Man has been operating the Manannan fast craft for years. I think it goes faster too. 42 knots fully laden compared the this vessels 38 knots.
I was thinking how poorly equiped the yard is, no proper overhead travelling crane. They have to hire in a brace of mobile cranes every time they need to lift a large section😂
Such a beautiful new looking boat 🚢 only to have such a dated interior look with those furnishings and carpet. Went from impressive and Ahhhh to dull and ah, the moment we go inside.
Спасибо за интересное видео! Думаю, что впереди у нас много нового, а чем мы даже не догадываемся!!! Мир, он и есть загадка! Технологии бегут вперед!!!) Спасибо мой друг)
Lifting and lowering onto hull is very low margin error task. Even an inch off and screwed. There has be better way like building from bottom up not in two pieces.
Unfortunately Express 5 by Molslinien has already surpassed this fast ferry. 1610 passengers and 451 cars makes it bigger. Build by the same manufacturer though. Impressive how fast development is moving these days.
Express 5 is a catamaran, not trimaran and if your talking about fast ferries Colorline's MS Superspeed 1 is even bigger with 2325 passengers, 764 cars and 2036 lanemeter for trucks
@@Pingla71 You are correct. But it is amzing how big and fast they all are getting. Downside will always be the environmental impact. I work next to a fast ferry terminal and the amount of fuel trucks visiting through the day is astounding! But I cannot say I’m innocent as I use their service as well🤪
@@Pingla71 I believe, but correct me if I’m wrong, MS Superspeed 1 & 2 are only cruising with an average speed of 25 knots? Still fast but not super fast🙂
Car companies are quickly trying to remedy that. You don't hear about exploding cell phones and exploding laptops anymore, because battery technology is improving and becoming safer.
I would love to work on a project like this from an aesthetics and color tones standpoint. It’s a beautiful exterior but the colors wreck the entire thing.
