Transtejo "S. Julião" – FBM Marine TransCat
Ferry operated by Transtejo seen on the Tejo River arriving at the Terminal Fluvial do Cais do Sodré in October 2019. This ferry of the catamaran type, named "S. Julião" and registered LX-3179-TL, is an FBM Marine TransCat completed in 1997, yard number 1440. Aluminum hull and superstructure. It has an overall length of 151.7 ft and can accommodate 496 passengers (496+4). Fainsa Arianne seats. It uses two 1240 kW (1686 hp) MTU 12V 396 TE74 main engines and two Lips water jets, and can operate in just 6.6 ft of water. Service speed is 22 knots. Its class includes four vessels – "S. Julião"," Aroeira", "Carnide" and "Sé". "S. Julião" and" Sé" are designed and built in the United Kingdom by FBM Marine ¹ . "Aroeira" and "Carnide" are built under license in Portugal by Estaleiros Navais do Mondego ² . Similar in appearance, vessels from the "S. Julião" class are longer and more powerful th...