Viking ADCC

Publicity image of the Viking ADCC
History
Name:	Viking ADCC (project name)
Owner:	Basalease SA
Operator:	Viking Line
Route:	Mariehamn—Kapellskär (planned)
Ordered:	29 January 2007
Builder:	Astilleros de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
Cost:	Approximately € 60 million
Laid down:	6 May 2007
Launched:	29 May 2013
Identification:	IMO number: 9430105
Status:	Unfinished hull launched in 2013
General characteristics (planned)
Type:	Ro-ro/passenger ferry
Tonnage:	16,500 GT About 2,300 DWT
Length:	139.12 m (456 ft)
Beam:	22 m (72 ft)
Draught:	5.7 m (19 ft) (design)
Ramps:	Bow and stern ramps, side door
Ice class:	1A
Installed power:	2 × Wärtsilä 8L46F (2 × 9,600 kW)
Propulsion:	Two shafts; controllable pitch propellers Two bow thrusters
Speed:	21.8 knots (40.4 km/h; 25.1 mph)
Capacity:	1,500 passengers 450 cars (originally 320 cars)
Crew:	61

Viking ADCC (All seasons Day Cruising and Commuting) was the project name of a day cruiseferry ordered by the Finnish ferry company Viking Line. The ship was to be built by the Spanish shipyard Astilleros de Sevilla and was originally planned for delivery 2009. The ship was planned to enter service on the Mariehamn—Kapellskär route, replacing Rosella. Viking ADCC would have been the first newbuilding to ever sail on the route.

The ship order was cancelled on 8 February 2010, due to the shipyard's inability to complete the shipbuilding on time.

Viking ADCC was designed specifically for the needs of the short Mariehamn—Kapellskär service. Many of her features were designed to minimise environmental impact.

Viking ADCC was ordered by Viking Line from the Astilleros de Sevilla shipyard in Spain on 29 January 2007. In June of the same year, the build contract of the vessel was sold to the Spanish investment bank Basalease SA, who would charter the vessel to Viking Line when completed. Construction of Viking ADCC began on 18 December 2007. The keel of the vessel was laid on 6 May 2008.

Until 2013, the half-built hull remained at the shipyard with an uncertain future. In February, it was reported that the unfinished ship had been sold to another Spanish shipyard, , which would complete the ship. After some minor work done on the vessel by Factorías Vulcano personnel, the unfinished hull was launched on 29 May 2013 and in June towed to Factorías Vulcano shipyard in Vigo. Recent photographs show that the hull of the vessel is almost finished but the superstructure is still missing large sections. The long search for a buyer ended when the agreement to sell the ship to Trasmediterránea was signed at the end April 2017. The ship shall be completed and delivered before the high season of 2018.

During the summer months of 2008, a competition for naming the ship was held. Since the ship was never delivered to Viking Line, the winner of the contest and the final name of the ship was never published.