China's Largest Carbon Fiber Vessel
Five hundred seats make her the largest-capacity carbon fiber vessel yet built in China — proof that carbon construction scales to full-size ferry fleets, with light weight, corrosion resistance and low noise.
OBLUE International presents
OBLUE
FERRY 45 MAX
China's Largest-Capacity Carbon Fiber Ferry
44.75 mLength overall
500Passengers
>26 knService speed
33 knMax speed, full load
2024Delivered in Hong Kong
The Vessel
Five hundred seats,
all carbon fiber
The FERRY 45 MAX is the largest-capacity carbon fiber vessel built in China — a 44.75-metre high-speed passenger ferry carrying 500 passengers on a Hong Kong ferry operator's services.
Launched at Nansha, Guangzhou on 4 November 2024 and delivered in Hong Kong on 31 December 2024, she is the eighth vessel of the operator's eleven-ferry outlying-islands programme, classed by CCS.
- Full carbon fiber advanced composite construction
- 2 × MTU 16V2000M72 engines, 2 × Kamewa S71-4 waterjets
- SCR aftertreatment — IMO Tier III emission standard
- Lithium battery pack and solar panels for hotel loads at berth
“A green benchmark
for the Greater Bay Area.”
Design Highlights
Built for busy island routes
33 Knots, Fully Loaded
A design speed of 26 knots becomes 33 knots at full load — and 30 knots at just 85% MCR — keeping island timetables on schedule with margin to spare.
Force-8 Seakeeping
Optimized from a proven parent design for her route, with strengthened structure and upgraded seakeeping and manoeuvrability — safe operation in Force 8 wind conditions.
Clean by Design
SCR aftertreatment meets IMO Tier III — the highest international emission standard — while a lithium battery pack and solar panels run essential loads at berth, cutting daily fuel burn and emissions.
Specifications
FERRY 45 MAX in detail
General & Dimensions
- Vessel type
- High-speed carbon fiber passenger ferry
- Hull material
- Carbon fiber composite
- Length overall
- 44.75 m
- Beam
- 11.00 m
- Depth
- 3.65 m
- Design draft
- 1.40 m
- Gross tonnage
- 598 GT
- Classification
- CCS
- Year
- 2024
- First service
- Hong Kong — outlying-island routes, 2024
Performance & Capacity
- Design speed
- 26 knots
- Max speed, full load
- 33 knots
- Speed at 85% MCR
- 30 knots
- Passengers
- 500
- Seakeeping
- Safe operation in Force 8 winds
- Service
- Hong Kong waters passenger transport
Machinery
- Main engines
- 2 × MTU 16V2000M72
- Propulsion
- 2 × Kamewa S71-4 waterjets
- Emissions
- SCR aftertreatment — IMO Tier III
- Hotel power
- Lithium battery pack + solar panels
Programme
- Operator
- A Hong Kong ferry operator
- Programme
- 8th of 11 outlying-island vessels
- Launched
- 4 November 2024, Nansha, Guangzhou
- Delivered
- 31 December 2024, Hong Kong
- Capacity rank
- China's largest-capacity carbon fiber vessel
- Class
- CCS
Figures as delivered to a Hong Kong ferry operator; the platform is configurable in capacity, speed and emission package for other operators.
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