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fleet news Editor: Pär-Henrik Sjöström ~ Phone: +358 2 242 62 50 ~ E-mail: par-henrik@shipgaz.com The Atlantic Vision sailed from Naantali on November 29. The vessel was officially renamed on December 11 at St John’s Harbour Front. Superfast IX left for Canada After an almost three months long refit at Turku Repair Yard at Naantali, Finland, the ro-pax ferry Superfast IX, now renamed Atlantic Vision, started its voyage to Canada on November 29, 2008. The Canadian company Marine Atlantic Inc has taken the ferry on a long term bareboat charter from AS Tallink Grupp in Estonia. Before entering service in December, the Atlantic Vision was rebuilt for her new route at Turku Repair Yard, including installation of new and more powerful bow thrusters and rebuilding the stern. The vessel used to have two stern doors, now there is only one to fit the existing ro-ro ramps in the ports. Marine Atlantic is a government owned corporation, providing constitutionally mandated ferry services on two routes between the Island of Newfoundland and the Province of Nova Scotia. The 96 nautical mile ferry service between Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador and North Sydney, Nova Scotia has daily sailings year round, while the 280 nautical mile tri-weekly service between Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador and North Sydney, Nova Scotia is operated during the summer season only. Delivered in November The Atlantic Vision is owned by Baltic SF IX Limited, a subsidiary of AS Tallink Grupp. The vessel was delivered to Marine Atlantic at Naantali on November 14, 2008. According to Tallink, the charter is a part of restructuring the ferry service between Finland and Germany. Since September 2008 Tallink has operated two Superfast-vessels on the route, The Superfast VII and the Superfast VIII. It is stated that the charter helps to increase the profitability of the route and the three Superfast vessels. The Superfast IX was built by HDW in Kiel, Germany and delivered to the Greek owner Superfast Ferries in January 2002, inaugurating their new Södertälje–Rostock service on January 11. Transferred to Scotland After just three months of operations the service was closed down on April 21, 2002 and the Superfast IX was transferred to another route between Rosyth, Scotland and Zeebrügge, Belgium. Since November 2005 the vessel has been sailing between Finland and Germany. Tallink bought Superfast Ferries’ traffic on the Baltic Sea and the three Superfast vessels employed there in March 2006. The Atlantic Vision is 203 metres long and four diesel engines with a total output of 46,000 kW provide a service speed of 27 knots. The ferry has capacity for about 1,000 passengers and 1,900 lane metres of cargo. pär-henrik sjöström 76 SCANDINAVIAN SHIPPING GAZETTE • DECEMBER 19, 2008 PäR-HENRIk SJöSTRöM
fleet news Editor: Pär-Henrik Sjöström ~ Phone: +358 2 242 62 50 ~ E-mail: par-henrik@shipgaz.com Coaster Tonja to the breakers The Swedish-owned coaster Tonja, flying the flag of St Kitts and Nevis, has sailed its last miles. Not long ago the owner delivered the ship alongside the breaker’s yard in Grenå with the short message: Now it is yours! That ended 51 years of steady sailing in Nordic waters. A growing attention from Port State Control in combination with the underwriters’ similar attention to older vessels has made the every day life much harder for vessels like Tonja, which for the last couple of years has been working in the agriculture trade between Sweden, Denmark and Poland. Tonja was in a spot of trouble with a three days detention in the beginning of September at Kolding, which led to the decision to scrap the vessel. The coaster has been operated by a Russian/ Baltic crew in combination with the owner’s other vessel San Remo. Tonja was delivered from Brødrene Lothe Flytedokken i Haugesund in 1957 as its fourth newbuilding for Norwegian account under the name Tonja. The vessel continued as Tonja until 1969 when it became the Felstein I. From 1970 to 1976 it sailed as the Samstein. After 19 years of Norwegian coastal trade it was sold On December 3 the brand new dry cargo vessel Emi Proud visited Tallinn on her maiden voyage. The vessel was delivered by Onega Shipbuilding Yard in Petrozavodsk, Russia on November 26 to the Estonian company Eestinova OÜ. As a foreign vessel without permission for trading on the Russian river systems the Emi Proud was towed from Petrozavodsk at Lake Onega via the River Svir, Lake Ladoga and River Neva to St Petersburg. The bridges of St Petersburg were passed during night time before entering the Baltic Sea. The first cargo of grain was taken in Tallinn for Sevilla in Spain. Emi Proud is the shipyard’s newbuilding number 201 and is the first of four vessels to the same owner. The next vessel Emi Leader will be handed over in May 2009. This series of 4,570 DWT multipurpose dry cargo vessels has been designed by to Alvar Olsson’s Speed Shipping and became Salona, but registered under Honduras flag. Ten years later it was sold to Svenssons OP and got its original name Tonja back still flying Honduras flag. In June 2007 it was transferred to St Kitts and Nevis with Basseterre as homeport. Tonja was originally built as a half shel- Emi Proud first in a series of four BENT MIkkElSEN MADlI VITISMANN Tonja high and dry ... Sic Transit Gloria Mundi. Marine Engineering Bureau in Odessa for European traffic. Fleet operator Nikolai Sharonov at Eestinova says that the ideas and requirements of Eestinova have been turned into a project in Odessa and that the shipyard likely will build a further six ships for Orimi Shipping, belonging to the same group as the shipyard. The Emi Proud is not a river-sea type terdecker, but was later rebuilt to a singledecker. Even during her very last voyage she was powered by the original Danishbuilt Vølund diesel engine type DMT 630, developing some 659 bhp. A rare engine, and probably the last of its kind in commercial trade. bent mikkelsen cargo vessel and will mainly be employed as a tramp carrying dry bulk cargo. She is also optimized for carrying coal and coke from Kaliningrad to Western European ports. If loading containers the capacity is 140 TEUs. The main dimensions of the Maltaflagged vessel are 89.99 metres in length, 14 metres in breadth and 5.81 metres in draft. The 1,950 kW main engine provides a service speed of 11.5 knots. The ship is built to Germanischer Lloyd´s class and is ice strengthened to ice classs 1B. Captain Ivan Gumennik is pleased with the performance of the vessel and its high level of automation and comfortable cabins and messrooms. The crew consists of ten persons from Russia and Ukraine. The captain is from Tallinn, where also the managing owner Eestinova OÜ is based. madli viitismann SCANDINAVIAN SHIPPING GAZETTE • DECEMBER 19, 2008 77
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