Carbon Fiber Structure
An advanced carbon fiber composite catamaran — light weight, corrosion-resistant and inherently quiet, with efficiency an aluminium ferry cannot match.
OBLUE International presents
OBLUE
FERRY 45
Carbon Fiber High-Speed Passenger Ferry
44.75 mLength overall
26 knService speed
400Passengers
559 GTGross tonnage
2024Delivered
The Vessel
Hong Kong's
green fast ferry
The OBLUE FERRY 45 is a 44.75-metre carbon fiber high-speed catamaran for 400 passengers, delivered to a Hong Kong ferry operator in October 2024 — a reference vessel in Hong Kong's eco-friendly ferries programme.
Delivered on 18 October 2024 as the seventh vessel of the batch, she serves Hong Kong's outlying-islands passenger routes — classed by CCS as a high-speed catamaran for coastal service.
- Carbon fiber catamaran — light, corrosion-resistant, quiet
- 26 knots at 85% MCR, 63 dB in the main cabin
- SCR aftertreatment to IMO Tier 3 — cleaner port air
- Top-deck solar array powers hotel loads at berth
“Beyond aluminium —
26 knots at 85% MCR, 63 dB in the main cabin.”
Design Highlights
Carbon speed,
cleaner air
Efficiency at Speed
26 knots at just 85% MCR of the main engines, with no more than 63 dB in the main cabin — without additional soundproofing.
IMO Tier 3 by SCR
SCR exhaust aftertreatment meets IMO Tier 3 — the highest international emission standard — to help improve air quality in Hong Kong's ports.
Solar Top Deck
Photovoltaic panels cover the top deck, supplying lighting and air-conditioning while the vessel is berthed.
General Arrangement
Two saloons,
four hundred seats
Two passenger saloons over twin carbon demi-hulls — wheelhouse on the bridge deck, open boarding decks fore and aft.
Specifications
OBLUE FERRY 45 in detail
General & Dimensions
- Vessel type
- Carbon fiber high-speed passenger catamaran
- Hull material
- Carbon fiber composite
- Length overall
- 44.75 m
- Beam
- 10.60 m
- Depth / draft
- 3.65 m / 1.32 m
- Gross tonnage
- 559
- Class
- *CSA Catamaran HSC, Passenger A Coastal (*CSM)
- First service
- Hong Kong — outlying-islands routes, 2024
Performance & Capacity
- Service speed
- 26 knots at 85% MCR
- Passengers
- 400
- Crew
- 5
- Main-deck saloon
- 255 seats + 4 wheelchair spaces
- Upper-deck saloon
- 145 seats
- Cabin noise
- ≤ 63 dB in the main cabin
Machinery
- Main engines
- 2 × MTU 12V2000M72, 1,080 kW each
- Propulsion
- 2 × Kamewa S63-4 waterjets
- Emissions
- SCR aftertreatment — IMO Tier 3
- Solar
- Top-deck photovoltaic array, hotel loads at berth
Project & Operation
- Operator
- A Hong Kong ferry operator
- Delivered
- 18 October 2024
- Service
- Hong Kong outlying-islands passenger routes
Figures as delivered for the Hong Kong outlying-islands service in 2024; the carbon fast-ferry platform is configurable in capacity and arrangement for other operators and waters.
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