Atlantic Ferries "Garça Branca" – BMT Nigel Gee 40m Ferry
Ferry operated by Atlantic Ferries seen on the Sado River arriving in Tróia in August 2019. This ferry of the catamaran type, named "Garça Branca" and registered S-1108-TL, is a BMT Nigel Gee ¹ 40m Slow Speed Pax Ferry completed in 2008, yard number C946. Steel hull and composite superstructure. It has an overall length of 132.7 ft and can accommodate 350 passengers (350+4). Beurteaux/Vogelsitze Pino 100 seats. It uses two 354 kW (475 hp) Caterpillar 3406E main engines and Schottel SRP 330 azimuth thrusters. Top speed is 13.5 knots. Its class includes two vessels, "Garça Branca" and "Roaz Corvineiro", designed in the United Kingdom by BMT Nigel Gee and built under license in Portugal by Estaleiros Navais de Peniche ² . Established in 2007 and based in Setúbal , Atlantic Ferries ³ provides the connection between Setúbal and the Tróia Peninsula in the estuary of the Sado River. Here, on a splendid summer day, we surprise the "Garça Branca...