KONE Corporation, trade press release, May 3,2012
KONE, a leading provider of elevators andescalators, has supplied the People Flow® solutions for the latestP&O ferries in the UK. The Spirit of France entered fullservice in February 2012 joining her sister ship, the Spirit ofBritain, in daily passenger service over the English Channel. Thetwo ferries were built at STX Finland, Rauma shipyard in 2011 and2012, respectively.
For each of the vessels KONE delivered a total ofnine units: three passenger elevators, three service elevators, twolifts for people with impaired mobility and one dumbwaiter. Five ofthe elevators are based on the KONE MiniSpace® platform, where the machineroom is only an extension of the elevator shaft, and it holds thecompact KONE EcoDisc® gearless hoisting machine.
"Due to short port calls, the People Flowsolutions onboard were designed to work efficiently especiallyduring embarkation and disembarkation. To help guide passengers,the interior designs of the passenger elevators match thecolor-coding of the zones on the vessel," says John Hemgård, Headof Marine Business at KONE.
The two ferries operate from Dover to Calais ondaily routes. At 213m and 47,000 gross tons each, the two ferriesare the largest built for the Dover Strait. Together, they cantransport more than 3,500 passengers and 360 trucks orapproximately 2,100 cars.
For further information,please contact:
Cãlin Hera, Marketing and Communications Specialist, KONE, tel:+358 20475 3450, email: calin.hera@kone.com
About KONE
KONE is one of the global leaders in the elevator and escalatorindustry. The company has been committed to understanding the needsof its customers for the past century, providing industry-leadingelevators, escalators and automatic building doors as well asinnovative solutions for modernization and maintenance. Thecompany's objective is to offer the best People Flow® experience bydeveloping and delivering solutions that enable people to movesmoothly, safely, comfortably and without waiting in buildings inan increasingly urbanizing environment. In 2011, KONE had annualnet sales of EUR 5.2 billion and on average 35,000 employees. KONEclass B shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd inFinland.