Polaris - IMO 7358731

Name

POLARIS

Previous names

18.12.1975-03.04.1976 Dana Futura

03.04.1976-15.04.1977 Damman Express

15.04.1977-31.12.1977 Drosselfelds

31.12.1977-01.12.1988 Dana Futura

01.12.1988-11.12.1991 Scania Link
11.12.1991 Polaris

Type

Roll-On/Roll-Off carrier - Ferry

IMO-number

7358731

Call sign

1991 P3NJ4

Previous call sign

1975-1988 OXTT
1988-1988 OXTT2

Flag

12.1991 Cyprus

Previous flags

1975-1988 Denmark

1988-1991 Sweden

Port of registry

12.1991 Limassol

Previous port of registry

1975-1988 Esbjerg
1988-1991 Malmö

GT

20.326 t

DWT

9.000 t

NT

6.092 t

Length

176,55 m

Breadth

22,99 m

Draught

6,22 m

Lane metres

2.300

Speed

22,5 knots

Line

Bari - (Corfu) - Igoumenitsa

Previous lines

1976-1976 Esbjerg - Harwich and Esbjerg - Felixstowe

1976-1976 Rostock - Tartous

1976-1977 USA / Canada - the Persian Gulf

1977-1977 USA / Canada - East
1978-1978 Esbjerg - Harwich and Esbjerg - Felixstowe

1978-1980 Rostock - Angola - Mozambique - Ethiopian

1980-1980 Gothenburg - Felixstowe and Gothenburg - Amsterdam

1980-1980 Ipswich - Europoort
1980-1981 Esbjerg - Harwich and Esbjerg - Felixstowe

1981-1981 Genoa - Nigeria

1981-1985 Esbjerg - Harwich - North Shields - Hamburg - Harwich
1985-1985 Rotterdam - Hull
1985-1989 Gothenburg - Harwich
1985-1985 Gothenburg - Felixstowe
1985-1985 Copenhagen - Helsingborg - Immingham - Felixstowe
1985-1988 Copenhagen - Helsingborg - Immingham - Felixstowe
1989-1990 Helsinki - Travemünde
1992-1998 Bari - Corfu - Igoumenitsa - Patra
1998-2000 Malmö - Travemünde
2000-2000 Tunis - Genoa / Marseilles
2001 Bari - Igoumenitsa

Built

1975

Refit: 1985 / 1988

Keel laid

24.07.1974

Launch date

11.07.1975

Delivered

18.12.1975

Builder

Helsingør værft Danyard
Frederikshavn
Denmark

Yard number

407

Hull type

Single hull

Main engine

2x Burmeister & Wain 18U50LU - 4 stroke 18 cylinder diesel engine - 20.190 kW / 27.450 hp at 550 rpm

Propellers

2x Propeller with adjustable propeller blades

Bow thruster

1x Transverse bow thruster

Number of passengers

130

Number of beds

130

Number of cars

700

Operator

Ventouris Ferries
17, Gr. Lampraki Str
185 33 Piraeus
Greece

Previous operators

18.12.1975-19.12.1983 DFDS A / S - Denmark

Charter: Atlanta Shipping Corporation - USA (03.04.1976-02.04.1977)

Charter: Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa (DDG-Hansa) - Germany (15.04.1977-31.12.1977)

Charter: Wallhamn AB - Sweden (26.11.1978-23.12.1978)

Charter: VEB Deutsche Seereederei - Rostock, East Germany (26.12.1978-1979)

Charter: British Army - England (01.09.1979-13.10.1979)
Charter: Tor Line AB, Gothenburg - Sweden (04.01.1980-21.02.1980)

Charter: Ford Motor Company (22.02.1980-24.02.1980)
Charter: North Sea Ferries BV, Rozenburg - The Netherlands (15.12.1980-24.12.1980)

Charter: Grimaldi Siosa Lines SA (Sicula Oceanica SA) - Italy (1981-08.1981)
Charter: DFDS A / S, Denmark (19.12.1983-1988)

19.12.1983-1988 K / S Difko XXXIII - Denmark
Charter: North Sea Ferries BV, Rozenburg - The Netherlands (17.07.1985-21.08.1985)

1988-01.12.1988 DFDS A / S - Denmark
01.12.1988-12.1991 AB Nordö-Link - Sweden

12.1991-04.1999 Thatsea Shipping Co.,Ltd. (Ventouris) - Cyprus
Charter: AB Nordö-Link - Sweden (15.09.1998-29.02. 2000)

04.1999 Simplicity Shipping Co.,Ltd. (Wave Lord Navigation Co. Ltd.) Limassol - Cyprus
Charter: Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation (CoTuNav) - Tunisia (03.2000-2001)

2001 Operator:Ventouris - Cyprus

Owner

Mastrogiorgis Shipping Co. Ltd.

Previous owners

1976-1983 DFDS

1983-1988 Rederi AB Nordö-Link

1988-1991 K/S Difko XXXIII

Sister ships

Siren (ex Dana Gloria)

Renamed

2011 Larisa

Flag: Saint Kitts & Nevis
Call sign: V4EW2

Scrapped

2011 at Alang - India