GTS Finnjet - Record and Firsts

Record and Firsts

During her career the Finnjet held numerous records, including the following:

• Largest ferry in the world in terms of gross register tonnage, number of passengers carried and number of passenger berths (1977–1981).
• Longest ferry in the world (1977–2001).
• Fastest conventional ferry in the world (1999–2009). Finnjet's speed record of 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) remains unbroken as of February 2009.
• First and only gas turbine powered ferry in the world (1977–1996).
• First ferry in the world with a Lego model of it commercially available (1977).
• Only civilian ship in the world with a CODLAG-propulsion system (1994–2000).
• First civilian ship in the world with Electronic Chart Display and Information System (1994).