Maersk Delft
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M/S Maersk Delft is a ro-pax ferry owned an operated by Norfolk Line. She is the one of three sister vessels designed for the cross-Channel Dover—Dunkerque route, capable of making the crossing in 1 hour and 45 minutes. The Maersk Delft is a Scandinavian designed vessel built at the Samsung shipyards in South Korea in 2005. She sails under the flag of the United Kingdom and her port of registry is Dover
The ship was delivered in 2006 and made her maiden voyage on the 27th of February 2006. The Delft has a top speed of 25 kts and has the capacity to carry 200 cars and 780 passengers.
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[edit] Features
The Maersk Delft, like her sister ship’s,has been designed with separate roll-on roll-off decks for freight and cars, which greatly reduces the loading-unloading times. Passenger facilities are spread out over two decks and include three restaurants, a bar, shop, cinema, children's play area, games arcade and Bureau de Change. There are seven elevators for carrying passengers, crew and stores from the lower car and freight decks up to the passenger and crew decks. The crew accommodation are located on a separate deck and include cabins, a dayroom, offices, laundry, stores and crew mess.
An outstanding feature onboard are the large panoramic windows at the front and the side with their uninterrupted sea views.
[edit] Sister ships
The Maersk Delft has two sister ships operating on the same service: Maersk Dunkerque and Maersk Dover.
