HSC Max Mols

HSC Max Mols is a high speed catamaran launched on 1 December 1997 at the Incat shipyard in Tasmania.[3] She has spent the majority of her career serving the Aarhus-Odden route with Mols Linien. She has frequently been chartered to other operators in the Baltic Sea and English Channel.

History
Name:
  • Max (2018-present)
  • Max Mols (2004-2018)
  • Max Mols (Caen Express) (2004)
  • Max Mols (1999-2004)
  • Cat-Link IV (1998-1999) [1]
Owner:
Operator:
Port of registry: Århus,  Denmark [1]
Route: Ystad-Rønne [1]
Builder: Incat, Tasmania, Australia
Yard number: 048
Laid down: 28 July 1997 [2]
Launched: 28 March 1998 [2]
Identification: IMO number: 9176058 [1]
General characteristics
Tonnage:
Length: 91 m (299 ft) [1]
Beam: 26 m (85 ft) [1]
Draught: 3.7 m (12 ft) [1]
Propulsion: 4 x Ruston 20RK270 [1]
Speed: 48.1 knots (89.1 km/h; 55.4 mph) [1]

Initially chartered to Cat-Link as Cat-Link IV she entered service between Århus and Kalundborg in May 1998.[3] The following January her charter passed to Mols Linien and she was thus renamed Max Mols, entering service on her standing Århus-Odden route in April 1999.[3] She has since had three major charters each for the summer seasons of 2000, 2002 and 2004 before returning to Denmark. In 2000 she operated between North Sydney and Channel-Port aux Basques for Marine Atlantic, in 2002 she was chartered to Riga Sea Line for a route between Riga and Nynäshamn and her final charter was to P&O Ferries as the Max Mols (Caen Express) operating a high speed service between Portsmouth and Caen, returning to Mols Linien at the end of October.[3] Since 2004, she has continued operating the Århus-Odden route as before.[3]

Sister ships

Max Mols is one of four 91 metre wave piercing catamarans built by Incat.[1][4]

References
  1. "HSC Max Mols". Ferry-site.dk. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  2. "MAX MOLS (20063)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  3. "Max Mols". SimplonPC.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  4. "91 Metre Wave Piercing Catamaran". Incat. Archived from the original on 6 March 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
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