Specification and performances

LWL 10.1 m
LOA 11.95 m
Loaded displacement 7.5 t
BOA 7.35 m
Air Draft 3.85 m
Draft 0.65 m
Passenger capacity 12 PAX
Payload (including passengers) 1.2 t
Cruising speed 48 kts
Range (50 kts) 250 nm
Fuel Consumption (50 kt) 2.5 L / Nautical mile
Type of craft Catamaran
Certification CE Cat C
Material Composite Fiberglass (Sandwich / SingleSkin)
Engines 2 x 250 kW (Yanmar 8LV)
Engines rating Light Duty Commercial
Propulsion Surface piercing propellers
Air Conditioning 30000 BTU / h
Fuel capacity 2 x 350 L
Refrigerator 36 L

Compared fuel efficiencies

Closed taxi

Best reference for comparable comfort and use

Open Runabout

Best reference for comparable speed

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Closed Taxi Open Runabout
Installed power (hp) 640 hp 700 hp 700 hp
Speed in km/h 90 55 90
PAX 12 12 5
Fuel consumption (L / h) 110 140 140
Fuel L / PAX / 100 km 9.5 22 30
Passenger flow rate PAX.km/h 1100 600 450

Number of vessels required and crew costs

A2V-Shuttle has twice the passenger flow rate of its competitors,
this means that if the distance is large, one A2V-Shuttle can do
the job of two vessels from a passenger flow rate point of view.
This cuts the crew costs by almost two.
For short trips, boarding time have to be taken into account and
will slightly reduce the passenger flow rate .

Maintenance cost

Standard equipment and lower installed power will lead to
slightly lower maintenance costs than conventionnal shuttles.
The higher passenger flow rate tanslates into smaller fleet and
thus lower maintenance costs.

Fuel costs

Fuel consumption per pax per mile is divided by 2.2 compared
with conventionnal closed taxis while travelling faster.
Considering that one A2V-Shuttle is used 320 days a year, 10
hours a day on a 10 nautical mile journey. 10 hours of operation
means 3 hours of boarding and waiting, 7 hours of travel, 350
Nm per day.
Corresponding fuel consumption is 350x12x0.18 = 750 Liters /
day, 240 000 Liters / year.
Same work with two conventionnal closed taxi 350x12x40 =
1680 Liters / day, 540 000 Liters / year
With a fuel cost of 1$/L, fuel economy represent about
300 000 $ per year.