Rigel - IMO 7224459

Name

RIGEL

Previous names

1973-1980 Bore I - Silja Line

1980-1983 Skandia - Silja Line

1983 Stena Baltica

1983-1986 Ilich - ScanSov Line

1986-1997 Ilich - Baltic Line

1997 Anastasia V

1997 Windward Pride

1997-2000 Baltic Kristina - Estline

2000-2002 Baltic Kristina - Tallink

2002-2005 Baltic Kristina - Riga Sea Line

2005-2007

03-2007 Atlas 1
06-2007 Badis - Comarit

11-2007 Rigel - Ventouris Ferries

Type

Roll-On/Roll-Off cargo ship - Passenger ferry

IMO-number

7224459

Call sign

3EJO

Flag

03.2007 Republic of Panama

Previous flags

15.03.1973-05.10.1983 Finland

10.1996-05.1997 Cyprus

05.1997-10.1997 St.Vincent & Grenada

10.1997-10.2002 Estonia

10.2002 -03.2007 Latvia

Port of registry

03.2007 Panama City

Previous port of registry

10.1997-10.2002 Tallinn
10.2002-03.2007 Riga

GT

12.281 t

DWT

4.680 t

Length

128,02 m overall

115,80 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

22,05 m

Lane metres

500

Draft

5,92 m

Depth

13,52 m

Speed

Service: 15,5 knots

Line

12.12.2007 Bari - Durres

Previous lines

17.03.1973-1983 Åbo - Mariehamn - Stockholm
06.1983-08.1983 Åbo - Mariehamn - Stockholm
25.08.1983-10.09.1983 Larvik - Frederikshavn
12.1983-1991 Leningrad - Stockholm
1991-1995 Sankt Petersborg / Riga - Stockholm
25.03.1995-08.12.1995 Sankt Petersborg / Riga - Nynäshamn
06.1997-08/1997 St. Lucia - St. Vincent - Venezuela
30.10.1997-22.12.2000 Tallinn - Stockholm
23.12.2002-01.10.2002 Paldiski - Kapellskär
20.12.2002-15.10.2005 Riga - Stockholm
06.2007-09.2007 Al Hoceima - Almeria
12.12.2007 Bari- Durres

Built

1973

Rebuild: 1997 & 2007

Launch date

11.07.1972

Date of completion

15.03.1973

Builder

STX Finland (Wärtsilä Abo)
Rauma
Finland

Yard number

1199

Hull type

Single hull

Main engine

4x Wärtsilä-Sulzer 9ZH40/48 - 9 cylinder 400 x 480 mm diesel engines - 13.248 kW / 18.000 bhp

Builder: Wärtsilä AB, Turku - Finland

Propeller

1x Controllable pitch

Generators

1x Diesel generatorset 168 kW

4x Diesel generatorsets each 628 kW

Number of passengers

548

Number of beds

433

Number of cars

359

Operator

Ventouris Ferries

Previous operators

17.03.1973-11.07.1980 Höyrylaiva Oy Bore (Ångfartygs AB Bore) (Silja Line), Åbo, Finland
Operator: 17.03.1973-08.1983 Silja Line Oy, Finland
11.06.1980-05.10.1983 Suomen Höyrylaiva O.Y. (Finska Ångfartygs AB), Finland
Charter: 25.08.1983-20.09.1983 Larvik - Frederikshavn Ferjen A/S, Larvik, Norway
05.10.1983-12.10.1983 Stena Cargo Line Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas
12.10.1983-20.08.1996 Baltic Shipping, Leningrad, Russia 28.08.1996-07.05.1997 Penomi Shipping Co., Valletta, Malta
Charter: 05.1997-08.1997 Windward Lines, St. Vincent & Grenada

07.05.1997-10.10.2002 Windward Venture Shipping Co., Bridgetown, Barbados
Charter: 10.1997-22.10.1997 Estonian Shipping Company (ESCO, RAS Eesti Merelaevandus), Tallinn, Estonia
Charter: 23.12.2000-01.10.2002 Hansatee Ltd., Tallinn, Estonia
10.10.2002-21.12.2005 Riga Sea Line, Riga, Latvia
21.12.2005-01.02.2007 Freeport of Riga, Riga, Latvia
01.02.2007-10.2007 Euro7 Fehrnseh & Marketing GmbH, Hamburg, Tyskland
Charter: 06.2007-10.2007 Compangie Maritime (Comarit) (Fred Olsen), Tanger, Morocco
10.2007 Ventouris Ferries, Cyprus

Owner

Ventouris Ferries
Piraeus
Greece

Previous owners

1973-1980 Ångfartygs AB Bore

1980-1983 EFFOA

1983 Stena Line

1983-1997 Latvia Shipping

1997-2002 Windward Line

2002-2005 Rigas Juras Linija A/S

2005-2007 Riga Free Port

2007 EURO 7 Fernseh & Marketing GmbH