The Damen Shipyards Group has handed over a new Ro-Pax ferry to the Port Authority of Timor-Leste.
Built by Damen Yichang Shipyard in China, the ferry has been named Berlin-Ramelau after Germany's capital city, in recognition of that country's financial assistance with the project, and Timor-Leste's highest mountain. The vessel has a length of 67 metres and capacity for 308 passengers as well as freight including private and commercial vehicles.
The new ferry will link Timor-Leste's capital city of Dili with the nearby island of Atauro and the enclave of Oecusse-Ambeno, a coastal settlement otherwise surrounded by the neighbouring Indonesian province of West Timor.