MV Faust

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Career
Name: Faust
Namesake: Faust
Owner: Wallenius Lines[1]
Operator: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics[1]
Port of registry:  Sweden[2]
Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, South Korea[1]
Completed: 2007
Identification: IMO number: 9332925
Call sign: SLKQ
MMSI number: 266260000[2]
Status: In service
General characteristics [1]
Type: Car carrier
Tonnage: 71,583 GT
33,546 NT
30,383 DWT
Length: 227.8 m (747 ft)
Beam: 32.26 m (106 ft)
Height: 51.98 m (171 ft)
Draft: 9.5 m (31 ft) (design)
11.3 m (37 ft) (maximum)
Decks: 13; 5 movable
Ramps: Stern quarter and side ramps
Installed power: B&W 7S60MC-C
Propulsion: Single shaft; fixed-pitch propeller
Capacity: 8,000 cars (RT-43)
3,484 cars, 468 buses
Crew: 15

MV Faust is a large ro-ro large car carrier built in 2007 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering for Wallenius Lines AB, Sweden. It is currently operated by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics.[1] It is one of the largest car carriers in the world.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "MV Faust" (PDF). Wallenius Lines AB. Retrieved 2 March 2012. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Faust (9332925)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. http://www.equasis.org/EquasisWeb/restricted/ShipList?fs=ShipSearch&P_PAGE=1&P_IMO=9332925. Retrieved 2013-08-04. (subscription required)
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