Soflusa "Almeida Garrett" – Damen Shipyards Singapore DFF 4912
Ferry operated by Soflusa seen on the Tejo River heading to Barreiro in September 2019. This ferry of the catamaran type, named "Almeida Garrett" and registered LX-3195-TL, is a Damen Shipyards Singapore ¹ DFF 4912 completed in 2004, hull/yard number 59/530107. Aluminum hull and superstructure. It has an overall length of 161.4 ft and can accommodate 600 passengers (600+4). Modell Møbler seats. It uses two 1740 kW (2366 hp) MTU 12V 4000 M70 main engines and two HamiltonJet HM811 water jets. Service speed is 22 knots. Its class originally includes nine vessels – "Damião de Goes", "Augusto Gil", "Miguel Torga", "Fernando Namora", "Gil Vicente", "Jorge de Sena", "Almeida Garrett", "Fernando Pessoa" and "Antero de Quental". In 2015 or 2016, the "Augusto Gil" leaves the Soflusa fleet to be operated in South Korea by the Korea Express Ferry Co., Ltd. (고려고속훼리(주)), named "Kore...