FATIH SULTAN MEHMET I was delivered from Fjellstrand AS, Omastrand in February to Seabus Company (IDO) in Tyrkey. The ferry is of the FerryCat 120 design and can transport 112 cars and 584 passengers.

The design features a rotating wheelhouse to suit the direction of travel, double-skin hull construction and a new propeller design with four independant propellers. It offers also faster drive-on/drive-off for the cars by having seven lanes available.

The main propulsion consists of four MTU 12V 396 TE 7YL diesel engines of 1500 kW each. Each engine is directly coupled to a Kamewa Ulstein CP Azipull AZ85, 360¡ installed at each corner of the hulls. The ferry's speed is about 22 knots. Auxiliary power is by two BOS 6R 183 TE 52 motors and two Stamford generators. The fire-fighting equipment in the engine room is from Semco Marine with an alarm system of Autronica make.

Solberg Scandinavian has supplied the sprinkler fi-fi system for the car deck and accommodation areas. The MOB-rescue boat is of Zodiac 420 make in davit from Vestdavit. The passenger seating arrangement is supplied by Eknes Industrier.

The alarm/control system, MTU-MCS-5 type 1, for the main engine is delivered by Bertel O. Steen, and Deif Delomatic has supplied the Power Management system. The electronic wheelhouse equipment installed by Maritim Elektro AS contains Furuno FR-2115B radars, Furuno FE-700 echo sounder, Cassens & Plath compass, Simrad GC-85 HSC gyro compass, Simrad AP9 MK3 HSC auto pilot, Simrad GN-30 D-GPS navigator, Furuno GP-90 GPS, SART radar transponder, Tron TR 20 portable VHF and Furuno FM-8500 VHF.

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