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Mega Smeralda 01

Toulon, France 16 October 2019

 

Name

MEGA SMERALDA

Previous names

1985 - 1992 Svea

1992 - 04/1994 Silja Karneval

04/1994 - 01/2008 Color Festival

Type

Roll-On/Roll-Off carrier - Car ferry

IMO-number

8306486

Call sign

ICIU

Flag

Italy

Port of registry

Genova

Previous flags

1985 - 1994 Sweden, Stockholm - call sign: SLIB

1994 - 2008 Norway, Oslo - Call sign: LHDM

GT

34.694 t

DWT

3.019 t

NT

19.318 t

Number of 20ft containers

150

Length

171,52 m overall

153,40 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

28,10 m extreme

Draught

Max: 6,51 m

Lanemetres

1.200

Depth

14,45 m

Speed

Max: 22,0 knots

Service: 16,5 knots

Routes

05/1985 - 03/1994 Stockholm - Mariehamn - Turku(Åbo)

04/1994 - 04/2006 Oslo - Hirtshals

04/2006 - 01/2008 Oslo - Frederikshavn

06/2008 - 11/2008 Civitavecchia / Livorno - Bastia / Golfo Aranci

11/2008 Ajaccio/ Ile Rousse / Bastia / Calvi - Marseille / Toulon / Vado Ligure / Nice / Livorno

Built

1985

Keel laid

03/01/1984

Launch date

28/09/1984

Date of completion

07/05/1985

Builder

Wärtsilä Finland OY
Åbo
Finland

Yard number

470

Hull material

Steel

Hull type

Single hull

Main engine

4x Wärtsilä-Pielstick 12PC-6V - 12 cylinder combustion engines each 6.550 kW total 26.200 kW / 35.100 hp

Propellers

2x Controllable pitch propellers

Generators

4x Generatorsets each 2.000 kW

Bow thruster

2x Thrusters each 660 kW, forward

1x Thruster 880 kW, aft

Number of decks

12

Number of passengers decks

8

Number of cargo decks

2

Number of passengers

2.000

Number of cars

550

Tank capacities

Ballast: 1.614 m³

Operator

Corsica Ferries & Sardinia Ferries

Le Palais de la Mer
5 bis, rue du Chanoine Leschi
20294 Bastia
France

Owner

Forship Spa

Previous shipping companies

05/1985 - 1987 Johnsson Line Ab (Oy Silja Line Ab) - Sweden

Operator:05/1985 - 04/1994 Silja Line Oy - Finland

1987 - 04/1994 Oy Svea Line, Åbo - Finland

04/1994 - 01/1999 Color Line ASA, Oslo - Norway

01/1999 - 12/2003 Color Line AS, Oslo, Norge

12/2003 - 10/2007 M/V Color Festival AS, Oslo - Norway

10/2007 Color Line AS, Oslo - Norway

10/2007 - 01/2008 Color Line Cruises AS, Oslo - Norway

01/2008 Medinvest S.p.A. (Corsica Ferries) - Italy

Latest data adjustment

28 November 2019