Meet the UM Shipyard team at the European Ferry Shipping Summit 2026 in Athens and discover SENSUS 42 SD.

The ongoing sea trial programme continues to assess the vessel’s systems and overall performance under real operating conditions.

SENSUS 42 SD has officially commenced sea trials, marking a major milestone in the vessel’s development and bringing the project another step closer to operational readiness.

SENSUS 42 SD has been successfully launched, marking another major milestone in the development of the new high-speed passenger vessel.

With much of the fast ferry decarbonisation debate currently centered on alternative fuels, batteries and hybridisation, Turkey’s UM Shipyard is positioning its latest project around a more “fuel-agnostic” lever: reducing the energy required to operate at service speed.