MV Veteran
The two vessels are being constructed in Galati, Romania by Damen Shipyards, at a cost of approximately Canadian dollars 50 million each. MV Veteran has already been completed and was officially put into service in December 2015. The sister ship, the MV Legionnaire, is scheduled for delivery in the spring of 2016.
Arctic operations
MV Veteran will service Fogo Island and Change Island. The Fogo and Change islands route is the second busiest in the province and moves approximately 169,000 passengers annually. MV Legionnaire will operate on the busy short-haul route from Portugal Cove to Bell Island.
Since this region is located near the Arctic, vessels have to manoeuvre in drifting ice. These highly durable ferries can handle the impact of 40 cm-thick floating ice at 4 knots. Their rudders, hull and propellers have been strengthened and are outfitted with extra plate thickness for heavy winter conditions.
The MV Veteran and its sister ship can operate in harsher conditions than the current vessels operating these routes. It is hoped that the improved reliability will promote business and tourism in the region.
Modern lighting solutions
MV Veteran and its sister ship are both equipped with lighting solutions from Glamox Aqua Signal. More than 900 of our luminaires are installed in each vessel. Many of these are energy-efficient LED luminaires, including a large number of model 1445 LED watertight multipurpose luminaires. The vessels’ flood lights are powerful FL60 floodlights with long-life LED light sources.
A truly international project
MV Veteran is the first of a design stemming from a Canadian-Danish partnership between Fleetway and Knud E. Hansen. The vessel is built in Romania by Damen Shipyards for Canadian authorities, and equipped with lighting produced in Germany by Norwegian-owned Glamox Aqua Signal, installed by a Dutch technology company, and now locally supported by Glamox Canada, based in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
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Höegh Target
Höegh Target is owned by Norwegain Höegh Autoliners. It is 199,9 m long, has a capacity of 8,500 CEU (car equivalent units) and has 14 cargo decks, in all 71,400 square metres of deck space, wich is the size of 10 fotball pitches.
All in total of six ships has the New Horizon design that truly represents state of the art engineering. They are estimated to emit 50% less CO2 per car transported than a standard car carrier.
TL60 Slim design for demanding applications
Höegh Autoliners has chosen TL60, an unique high quality waterproof LED luminaries. Glamox delivers 300 TL60 fixtures per vessel to the machinery rooms. Exterior flood lights and interior lights in the hotel part of the ship are also of LED type.
DL60 downlights and FL60 floodlights
The rest of the ship is equipped with DL60 in cabins and corridors and MIR outdoors and on the car deck where the operating hours are limited because lights are not on around the clock. On the car decks lights are in use when loading and unloading, and to a limited extent also during the voyage. FL60 LED floodlights and DLT RS(M) LED are used for technical indoor purposes.
Investment calculation
The Glamox investments calculator was used to fine-tune the results. This gave a good basis for choosing LED in their project. We are pleased to be the selected supplier based on good quality and service. The right choice for the world's biggest car carrier.
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