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made some quite cosmetic changes here Spirit of France – By the Numbers and there – the position of a sales desk Tonnage: 49,000 tonnes and through. If not for the name on the Length: 210 m side of the vessel, it would be hard to tell Beam: 31.4 m which is which,” says Uusitalo. Draft: 6.5 m may have altered, but nothing major. “This is really a sister ship through The 213m-long vessel will be provid- Installed power: 4 x MAN 7L 48/60 Diesels ed with 3,746 lane metres of space for ac- Propulsion: 2 x controllable pitch propellers commodating trailers, cars and other car- 3 x Bow thrusters go. Apart from taking in as many as 2,000 Speed: 22 kn (41 km/h) passengers, the 49,000 GT ferry can hold Capacity: 1,750 passengers, 1059 cars, 180 lorries approximately 180 freight trucks and 195 passenger cars. Since the length of the seatec 2/2011 19