It's absolutely amazing that a tiny country like the Philippines is about to supply the United Kingdom with a 70-meter ferry! I'm so proud to be Filipino right now and better yet - Cebuano.The Aboitiz-owned FBMA Marine Inc. in Balamban has completed a 70-meter car and passenger ferry for Pentland Ferries of United Kingdom dubbed the "Pentalina." The ferry, which is of catamaran type with steel hulls, will reportedly be used in northern Scotland according to Sunstar
Delivery of the Pentalina is scheduled in the next six to seven weeks, when it will set sail from the Philippines to Scotland for 28 to 34 days, its value estimated at $10 million to $15 million with service speed of 15 knots and can accommodate up to 350 passengers, nine trucks and 58 cars.
During the ship’s launching yesterday at the FBMA shipyard, Andrew Banks, owner of Pentland Ferries, described Pentalina as the “first of its kind in Scotland.”
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