Norbay - IMO 9056595

Name

NORBAY

Type

Roll-On/Roll-off carrier & Passenger ship

IMO-number

9056595

Call sign

ZCDD8

Flag

Bermuda

Port of registry

Hamilton

Previous flags

1993 - 2001 United Kingdom, Hull - Call sign: MSLN2

GT

17.464

DWT

9.722 t

NT

6.722

Light displacement

7.750 t

Number of 20ft containers

312

Length

166,77 m overall

157,65 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

23,40 m moulded

23,90 m extreme

Draught

Summer: 6,02 m

Lane meters

2.040 m

Depth

14,40 m

Speed

Max: 22,0 knots

Routes

• 1993 - 2002 Hull - Rotterdam

• 2002 - 2023 Liverpool - Dublin

• 2023 - 2024 Dublin - Holyhead - Cherbourg

• 2024 - Pembroke Dock - Rosslare

• 2024 - 2024 Holyhead - Dublin

• 2024 Dublin - Cherbourg

Build

1994

Keel laid

07/09/1992

Launch date

13/11/1993

Date of completion

28/02/1994

Builder

Van Der Giessen-de Noord N.V

Rotterdam

The Netherlands

Yard number

962

Hull material

Steel - Part higher tensile steel

Number of decks

2

Main engine

2x Sulzer 9ZAL40S - 4 stroke 9 cylinder

2x Sulzer 8ZAL40S - 4 stroke 8 cylinder

4 stroke 400 x 560 mm combustion engine total 24.480 kW / 33.282 hp at 510 rpm

Build: Zgoda SA, Swietochlowice, Poland

Propellers

2x Controllable pitch propellers

Bow thruster

2x 900 kW each

Number of passengers

114

Number of ramps

1

Commercial manager

P&O Ferries Ltd.

Channel House, Channel View Road

Dover, CT17 9TJ

United Kingdom

ISM manager

P&O Ferries Holdings Ltd

Channel House, Channel View Road

Dover, CT17 9TJ

United Kingdom

Operators

• 1993 - 1996 North Sea Ferries

• 1996 - 2002 P&O North Sea Ferries

• 2002 - 2010 P&O Irish Sea

• 2010 - 2023 P&O Ferries

• 2023 - 2024 Irish Ferries

Registered owner

Norbay UK Ltd.

Care of P&O Ferries Ltd.

Channel House Channel View Road

Dover CT17 9TJ

United Kingdom

Previous names owners

• 1993 - 1996 Nedlloyd

• 1996 - 2002 P&O North Sea Ferries

• 2002 - 2010 P&O Irish Sea

Latest data adjustment

18 July 2025