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P&O Pioneer
Philippe Holthof
P&O PIONEER DATA SHEET
Owner: DP WORLD FRANCE SAS
Operator: P&O Ferries
Yard:
Guangzhou Shipyard International
Location: Guangzhou, China | Yard No.: 19121007
IMO No.: 9895161 | Ship Type: Ro-Pax Ferry
Flag: Cyprus | Port of Registry: Limassol
Ordered: 26 th September 2019
Steel Cutting: 15 th October 2020 | Keel Laid: 21 st December 2020
Launched: 2 nd January 2022
Date of delivery:28 th February 2023 | Service: Dover-Calais
PROPULSION
Main Generators: 4 × Wärtsilä 16v31 diesel engines
30,000kw/40,240hp
Propulsion 4 × 7.5MW ABB DO1600 Azipods
Total Power Output: 30 Megawatts
Emergency Generator: Stamford (Cummins) PM73481
Battery Packs 8.80 MWh battery capacity
(6,960 cells in 290 subpacks)
Battery Manufacturer: XALT Energy (Freudenberg Group)
Shaft Generator: n/a
Fuel:
ULSFO & MGO (can run on either)
Fuel Capacity: 1,048m 3
Propellers: 4 x 5 blades, 4.00m diameter
Pods (Thrusters): 4x ABB Azipod DO1600-S2300 –
MCR 4 x 7500kW (4 x 10,060HP)
Stabilisers: Hunter Marine - 12m2 per fin. 2 sets –
one for each direction
Service speed: 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h/23.9 mph)
CARGO ACCESS
Bow + Stern
Access: Clam Shell Doors Hinged Weather
Width: 9.40m Deck 3 Doors
9.60m Deck 5
Max Ramp Load:
n/a
Deckload: See Remarks | Lane width: See Remarks
PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS
Length overall: 230.50 m | Length b.p.: 216.816 m
Beam:
30.80 m (moulded)
Hull depth: 9.80 m (moulded) | Hull Draught: 6.70 m
Displacement 27,836.1 t (maximum)
Windage: 5209.6 m 2 (at 6.70m draught)
Deadweight: 11,500 DWT | Gross tonnage: 47,653 GT
Net tonnage: 16,754 NT
PASSENGER CAPACITIES
Total capacity: 1,500 passengers
Passenger Seating: 1,642 (internal) 487 (outside decks)
Passenger Spaces: 9,800sqm
Facilities: Club Class, Pet Lounge, Quiet Lounges, Self Service
Accommodation: Restaurant, Driver’s Restaurant and Lounge,
Bar Lounge, Café.
Cabins: 71 (Crew) | Beds: 115 (Crew)
Decks 12 | Crew: 115
REMARKS
Trailer Weight (max): 46t
Axle Load: 2.0t/sqm on Deck 3 & 5.
0.5t/sqm on Deck 7
Deckload (max): Deck 3 – 2,650t; Deck 5 –
2,540t; Deck 7 – 500t
Lane width: 3.2m/3.0m (Decks 3 & 5)
2.4m (Deck 7 car garage)
Fusion Class
The world’s largest double-ended vehicle ferries
Maiden Voyage:19 th June 2023 | Project Cost: £220 million/EUR 260 million
Sea trials commenced from Nansha 23 rd September 2022 (4 days),
13 th November 2022 & 24 th December 2022-8 th January 2023.
Delivery voyage commenced 3 rd March 2023 via Singapore (7 th March),
Colombo (11 th -12 th March), Suez Canal (20 th March), Limassol (22nd March),
Gibraltar (27 th March), Poole Bay (30 th March), Sandown Bay (1 st /2 nd April), Dunkerque
East (4 th April 2023). Sistership: P&O Liberte (Delivered: 29/11/23; Arrived Dover
1/3/24; Entered Service (Freight) 16/3/24; Entered Full Passenger Service 19/3/24)
P&O Pioneer Named 26/7/23 at Dover’s Cruise Terminal 1. The ship’s Godmother was
Georgiana Woods | Ship’s Master for both delivery voyages: Captain Simon Moore
Special Thanks must go to the P&O Ferries Press Office, Captain Simon Moore & Bram
Provost for all their invaluable help with information and images.
CAPACITY OF DECKS DECK-AREA IN SQM DECK FREE HEIGHT (NET) DECKLOAD (TON/SQM) CARS TRUCKS/TRAILERS LANEMETRES
Tanktop:
Main Deck 3: Not Supplied 5.00m 77 1,319lm
Mezzanine Deck: n/a n/a n/a n/a
Upper Deck 5: Not Supplied 4.80m 76 1,278lm
Car Garage Deck 7: Not Supplied 3.60m 194 1,066lm
Total: See Remarks 258 (max) 153 3,812lm
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