| Two 107 meter or 351 foot catamaran ferries will be | | | | 20 cylinder MTU 8000 Series engines. Each power |
| built for passenger and vehicle transportation | | | | plant will produce 8,200 Kilowatts or 10,995 |
| between the Hawaiian Islands. One of the ferries is | | | | horsepower and weigh 99,208 pounds. |
| well into its construction; it will be ready for delivery | | | | Each one of the catamarans will have 4 of these |
| in the first half of 2007. The second ferry is in the | | | | monster sized engines which will be a total of 43,993 |
| early stages of its build and should be set for delivery | | | | horsepower and 396,832 pounds just in engine |
| in the beginning of 2009. | | | | weight alone. The catamaran ferries will be the |
| These gargantuan catamarans will be for Hawaii | | | | largest aluminum vessels ever built on U.S. soil. |
| Superferry (HSF). They will shuttle passengers from | | | | The first ship which will be completed in 2007 its four |
| Honolulu to Maui and Kauai in three hours and from | | | | engines were installed three weeks ahead of |
| Honolulu to the Big Island in four hours. | | | | schedule which was a tremendous feat, given the |
| The mammoth catamarans will be able to sustain 866 | | | | grandeur of this build. This will be Hawaii's first high |
| passengers and 282 vehicles. In order to move such | | | | speed vehicle passenger transport service. |
| an enormous load the catamarans will be fitted with | | | | |