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 registryÅrhus,  Denmark [1]
RouteYstad-Rønne[1]
BuilderIncat, Tasmania, Australia
Yard number048
Laid down28 July 1997[2]
Launched28 March 1998[2]
IdentificationIMO number: 9176058 [1]
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length91 m (299 ft) [1]
Beam26 m (85 ft) [1]
Draught3.7 m (12 ft) [1]
Propulsion4 x Ruston 20RK270[1]
Speed48.1 knots (89.1 km/h; 55.4 mph) [1]

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.

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "HSC Max Mols". Ferry-site.dk. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "MAX MOLS (20063)". DNV Vessel Register. DNV. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "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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