Specifically designed and built to meet the requirements of Higashi Nihon Ferry, the Incat 112 metre Natchan Rera (Incat Hull 064) delivers a craft well equipped to handle the demanding challenges of a providing a vital ferry service between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido.
In 1998 Incat conceived that a larger Wave Piercing Catamaran was required to fill a market niche for a larger high speed ferry. After several years of research the 112 metre design emerged as a ship capable of meeting or exceeding all design brief goals.
The Natchan Rera is the first physical result of that research. Ordered in May 2006 the new craft will operate at speeds of approximately 40 knots while offering capacity for up to 355 cars or 450 lane metres of trucks and 193 cars. While Incat’s 112 metre design can accommodate up to 1500 persons the Natchan Rera’s luxurious accommodation has been custom designed and laid out to cater for 800 persons in high levels of luxurious style and comfort.
The largest catamaran ever built in Australia the new ferry will provide greater seakeeping qualities and passenger comfort, even over the world-renowned Incat 98 metre class, on this often turbulent crossing.
The Natchan Rera is powered by four MAN 20V 28/33D diesel engines, each rated 9000 kW at 1000 rpm and delivering a low weight when compared to other engines in its class. The advantages of engine durability, efficiency, low noise and low maintenance costs make it the engine of choice for Incat vessels, not least of all impressive fuel consumption, burning less kg per cargo tonne per hour than any other high speed catamaran. The ship will burn a very frugal 120 grams of fuel for every tonne of cargo per mile travelled.
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