MV Biokovo

History
Name	Biokovo
Owner	2009 onwards: Jadrolinija[1]
Operator	2009 onwards: Jadrolinija[1]
Port of registry	Rijeka,  Croatia
Route	Split–Supetar (as of 2010)
Builder	Brodosplit, Split, Croatia
Launched	23 May 2009
In service	2009
Identification	IMO number: 9559107
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Hull 515 class ro-ro ferry[1]
Tonnage	3,193 GT[2] 1,101 NT [2]
Length	87.60 m (287 ft 5 in)[2]
Beam	17.50 m (57 ft 5 in)[2]
Draught	2.40 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power	4 × Caterpillar 537 kW diesels (combined 2148 kW)[2]
Speed	13.0 knots (24.08 km/h; 14.96 mph)
Capacity	1200 passengers 138 cars

MV Biokovo is a ro-ro vehicle and passenger ferry owned and operated by Jadrolinija, the Croatian state-owned ferry company. She was built in July 2009 by the Brodosplit shipyard in Split, Croatia. As of June 2010 she serves on the Split—Supetar route.

MV Biokovo is a Hull 515 class ferry, along with her twin, the MV Jadran, which was also built at Brodosplit in May 2010.^[1] These two ferries were commissioned as part of Jadrolinija's fleet renewal program, which (as of June 2010) include a total of eight newly built ships since 2004. These including two other Hull 515 class ferries, the and which had been built by the Kraljevica shipyard and delivered in 2007.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• MV Biokovo at the Jadrolinija official website (in Croatian)
• Zaplovio trajekt Jadran at Agencija-ZOLPP.hr (in Croatian)

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