Many routes are operated by catamarans, as catamarans are a faster craft than a similar sized monohulls.
In the 1990s monohull HSCs with capacity for cars and buses have taken over many routes.
(Incat 81 m catamaran)
HSC
Villum Clausen
On the way from the shipyard of
Austal
in
Australia
to
Rønne
in
Denmark
the ferry had a top speed of 47.7 knots and an average of 43.4 knots, and on February 16 and 17, 2000 it had reached 1,063 sea miles within 24 hours, thereby setting the world record which was then written in the
Guinness Book of Records
.
It is in service between
Rønne
in Denmark and
Ystad
in Sweden.
The
HSC Tanger Jet II
is a catamaran that provides ferry service between
Tanger
and
Tarifa
. She is the largest and fastest ferry in the Mediterranean Sea.