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FINNJET's Records

In 1977 Finnjet has set several records, few of them are still a quarter century later untouched, although it is often quite narrow! On this page I try to list most of those records and which ship has when topped them by how much!

Finnjet's record (Year[s])	Number	was first topped by	Finnjet had this record	Difference	Difference to today's Record	Today's Record owner	Finnjet's place in this "category"
- Biggest ferry of the world in BRT (1977-1981)	24.605 BRT	MS Finlandia, 1981 with 25.678 BRT	3 Years 8 Months	1.073 BRT	~ 45.000 GT	MS Color Fantasy, 74.600 GT	??? 10/1997 = 28
- Biggest ferry of the world in PAX (1977-1981)	1532 PAX	MS Finlandia, 1981 with 1676 PAX	3 Years 8 Months	144 PAX	1968 PAX	MS Superferry 8, 3.500 PAX	???
- Biggest ferry of the world in beds (1977-1981)	1532 Beds	MS Finlandia, 1981 with 1650 Beds	3 Years 8 Months	118 beds	2236 beds	MS Silja Europa, 3746 Beds	??? 10/1997 = 19
- Longest ferry of the world (1977 - 1991) (1991-2001 )	212,8m; 214,96m	MS Pride of Rotterdam, 2001 with 215,44m	24 Years (!)	0,48 m	9 m	MS Color Fantasy 224 m	4
- fastest conventional ferry of the world (1977 - 1994; 1994 - 2001; 2001- )	31 kn; 33 kn	unreached :)	since May 1977	0	0	FINNJET	1
- best powered ferry of the world (1977 -)	69.000 kW	unreached :)	since May 1977	0	0	FINNJET	1
- (first and) only Gasturbineferry (1977- 1996)		GTS Stena Explorer (1996)	19 Years
- (first and) only ferry available as LEGO Model (1977-1977)		Some Silja Line Ferry (1977)	few months
- (first and) only ship with a Gasturbine and Diesel Electrical propulsion (1981-2000)		GTS Millennium (2000)	19 Years
- (first and) only civil ship with ECDIS (1994-1994)		MS Hamburg (1994)	few months

What other records did Finnjet also set? Can you help me with some data? Have you found mistakes? I'd be very pleased about your eMail! Mathias Saken

Sources: A hell of stuff :) The whole table is full of data, that I have put together one by one, from Internet and various books!