Ceuta Jet

Ceuta Jet in Algeciras
History
Name	1998–2008: Nordic Jet 2008–present: Ceuta Jet
Owner	1998–2008: Nordic Jet Line 2008–2023: FRS Iberia 2023–present: DFDS
Operator	1998–2008: Nordic Jet Line 2008–2023: FRS Iberia 2023–present: DFDS FRS Iberia
Port of registry	1998–2008: Bergen, Norway 2008–present: Limassol, Cyprus
Route	Algeciras – Ceuta Tarifa – Tanger-Ville Former: Helsinki – Tallinn
Ordered	1997
Builder	Kværner Fjellstrand Omastrand, Norway
Yard number	1648
Laid down	1997
Launched	1998
Completed	May 1998
Acquired	2008 (by FRS Iberia)
Maiden voyage	May 1998
In service	1998
Identification	IMO number: 9174323 Call sign: 5BKM2 MMSI number: 212561000
Status	in service
General characteristics
Class & type	Kværner Fjellstrand Jumbo Cat 60m
Tonnage	2,273 GT 135 DWT
Length	60.00 m (196 ft 10 in) (overall)
Beam	16.50 m (54 ft 2 in)
Height	5.77 m (18 ft 11 in)
Draught	2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)
Decks	3
Ramps	Stern vehicle loading ramp
Installed power	2 × Caterpillar 3618 main diesel engines (total 10,800 kW)
Propulsion	Waterjets
Speed	38.0 knots (70.4 km/h; 43.7 mph) (service)
Capacity	428 passengers 52 cars (or 2 buses and 38 cars)
Crew	12–16

Ceuta Jet is a 60-metre high-speed passenger and vehicle catamaran built in 1998 by Kværner Fjellstrand in Omastrand, Norway. Launched as Nordic Jet for Nordic Jet Line to operate fast ferry routes between Helsinki and Tallinn, she was acquired by FRS Iberia in 2002, renamed Ceuta Jet, and deployed across the Strait of Gibraltar to connect Spain and North Africa.

The catamaran, the second of a series of five sister units built by the specialized shipyard Kværner Fjellstrand of Omastrand, Norway,^[1] was launched on 10 May 1998 with the name Nordic Jet and delivered on 6 June to the Norwegian Nordic Jet Line, from which it was transferred to the Gulf of Finland, where it began service on 12 June on the summer connections between Helsinki and Tallinn, where it was joined the following year by its sister ship Baltic Jet.^[2][3]

In the following summers, the catamaran continued to serve the route regularly, except from September 2003 to April 2004 and from November 2004 to March 2005, when it was chartered to FRS Iberia and used on the Tarifa - Tangier route, operating the Finland - Estonia route until 20 July 2008, when the service was discontinued and the vessel was sold to the company from which it had previously been chartered, which renamed it Ceuta Jet and introduced it in August on the Algeciras - Ceuta route and, occasionally, on the Morocco route. On 17 September 2023, with the acquisition of the company by the Danish DFDS,^[4] the catamaran was transferred to the latter, which took on its livery in February 2024.^[5]

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