New Passenger Vessel with increased passenger capacity and improved container transport facilities

Papenburg, June 2001 - On 30th June 2001 the Meyer Werft of Papenburg/Germany delivered the 21st passenger ship to the Directorate General of Sea Communication, Jakarta/Indonesia. Before delivery the 14,800 GT newbuilding was named Doro Londa by Mrs. Linda Amalia Sari, wife of the Indonesian Minister Gen. (ret.) Agum Gumelar. Although Doro Londa looks like her predecessors she is different: She is the third in a new, technically advanced series of passenger ships for Indonesia featuring improved container transport facilities and a considerably increased passenger carrying capacity of 2170 passengers. Doro Londa is 146.5 m long and 23.4 m wide. Upon completion of this ship the yard will have built a total of 27 ships (21 passenger ships, 5 cargo/passenger ships and 1 gas tanker) for Indonesia. More than 40 million passengers have been carried on Meyer ships in Indonesia to date. In addition, 3 ships with a carrying capacity of 500 passengers each were built in Surabaya/Indonesia in close cooperation with the Indonesian PT. PAL shipyard. These vessels the first was completed in 1995, another two by October 1999 operate as feeder ships to the vessels built in Papenburg. MEYER WERFT supplied the know-how, technical assistance and material packages. The material packages 70 containers for each vessel include equipment and machinery required for the newbuilding in Indonesia. The cooperation between the MEYER WERFT and the island state of Indonesia is one of the most successful development projects in Germany. On3rd July 2001 the Doro Londa will finally leave Papenburg for Indonesia and is due to arrive at the Indonesian capital Jakarta approximately 3 weeks later. The vessel´s home port will be the Indonesian seaport of Lembar. Technical Description of Doro Londa Main Particulars