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© Michele Lulurgas, Ancona, 24/06/13 #12636
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Ship |
AF Marina (2012) |
Building Spec. |
Cantiere navale Visentini, Porto Viro, Italy, 1994 – N° 163 |
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Call
Sign |
9HA3241 (à02/2013) IBAW (02/2013à) |
IMO Number |
9059107 |
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GRT |
14.169 |
DWT |
6.550 |
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Dimensions |
166,2 x 22 x 5,8 |
Engines |
1 Sulzer 16ZAV40S, 11.520 kW |
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Speed |
20 knots |
Passengers |
600 |
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Beds |
340 in 85 cabins |
Cars |
700 (estimate) |
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Lane Metres |
1.676 |
Sister Ships |
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Registry Port |
Valletta (à02/2013) Naples (02/2013à) |
Flag |
Malta (à02/2013) Italy (02/2013à) |
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Former Names/Own. |
Toscana – Tirrenia
Navigazione
1994-11/2012 |
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New Names/Own. |
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Line |
Trieste
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Ancona - Durres |
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In 1994 Visentini
shipyard of Porto Viro, which hadn’t yet started to
build the well-known and appreciated ro-pax series
which gave birth to 24 sister vessels between 1997 and 2011, delivered to Tirrenia a ship which was an evolution of the ro/ro designed and built from the
end of 80’s. The “Toscana” named after an Italian Region, as Tirrenia used to do for cargo vessels, shared the
mono-engine layout with these vessels, a main garage and an upper weather deck,
a lower garage for cars, the accommodation block at the stern. The main
differences with the Visentini cargos of that period,
were the double stern ramp, one of those directly linking to the weather deck,
the absence of the starboard side ramp, and, above all, accommodations for 170
drivers, classifying her as a passenger vessel. She started operating on the
network to Sardinia, until 1996, when she was sent to SMEB yards of Messina to
increase her passenger capacity to 600; this was a surprising choice, as long
as the “Toscana” had a clear cargo layout and Tirrenia
owned, in the same period, other units which were better suitable to a similar
conversion. This conversion led Tirrenia to use this
vessel also on main passenger services to Sardinia, such as Genoa – Porto
Torres or Civitavecchia – Olbia; her increased passenger capacity, anyway, was
not enough to serve these lines, and was soon relegated to Caralis,
which attracts few passengers rather than the Northern ports, sailing to Genoa,
Leghorn, Naples, Trapani, Palermo, serving also the Ancona – Split line during
2005 Summer. The “Toscana” was, anyway, well known also for her mechanical
troubles, which often forced the ferry to remain idle in port or, sometimes,
making her sea crossings unforgettable for her passengers, being affected by
failures which stopped her only engine at sea; she was also involved in two
casualties, colliding with a fishing vessel at Leghorn in 2001 and on November
23rd, 2005, when she found herself in rough seas sailing from
Palermo to Caralis; the high waves caused many
damages to the trailers parked on weather deck, with two lorries broking their
chains and falling into the sea and few Lancia Ypsilon,
which were delivered to Sardinian customers directly from Sicily, where their
factory, the Sicilfiat of Termini Imerese,
was located, were badly damaged, surely causing a delay in the delivery for the
buyers. All these troubles weren’t enough to persuade Tirrenia
to avoid an internal refurbishment to the standards of the new vessels
delivered the previous years, so in 2006 the “Toscana” got new luxury
furnishing, but retained the same failures and troubles, which periodically
were stopping her. Few years earlier, the “Toscana” changed also her livery,
abandoning the orange-red typical of Tirrenia cargo
ferries for the new corporate livery adopted since the delivery of the
“Vincenzo Florio”. The compliances about her from the Sardinian residents
didn’t stop until her sale to Adria Ferries, on October 2012; the Ancona-based
company renamed her “AF Marina”, reflagging the ship to Malta for few months before
returning her to the Italian registry; the plans of the owners were to deploy
her on a direct Trieste – Durres link, which lacked since the end of 2010, when
Halkydon Shipping stopped its services; this happened
in 2013, however the “AF Marina” often calls at Ancona, on her way between
Trieste and Durres, increasing the capacity from that port. During 2019 autumn
the “AF Marina” was fitted with scrubbers at Viktor Lenac
yards of Rijeka.
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Genoa, May 1995 |
Genoa, May 1995 |
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Commis |
Commis |
TIRRENIA – Toscana (1995-2005)
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Ancona, 03/08/05 |
Palermo, 30/12/06 |
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Michele Lulurgas |
Michele Lulurgas |
TIRRENIA – Toscana (2005-2012)
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Ancona, 24/06/13 |
Ancona, 24/06/13 |
Ancona, 24/06/13 |
Ancona, 24/06/13 |
Ancona, 24/06/13 |
Ancona, 24/06/13 |
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Michele Lulurgas |
Michele Lulurgas |
Michele Lulurgas |
Michele Lulurgas |
Michele Lulurgas |
Michele Lulurgas |
ADRIA FERRIES – AF Marina (2012à)