Ro/Ro Nuova Ventura

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Ro/Ro Nuova Ventura

Photo © Carsten Dettmer, Venice, 01/10/1992 #13177

Ship	Nuova Ventura (1986)	Building Spec.	Cantieri Navali Luigi Orlando, Leghorn. Italy, 1976 – N° 144
Call Sign		Numero IMO	7512521
GRT	6.355	DWT	3.548
Dimensions	119,29 x 17,52 x 5,16	Engines	2 Fiat-GMT A300.218SS 6.620 kW
Speed	17 knots (top 20,7)	Passengers	12
Beds	12	Cars
Lane Metres	780	Sister Ships	Buona Speranza († 2006)
Registry Port	Venice	Flag	Italian
Former Names/Own.	Nuova Ventura – Lloyd Triestino 1976-86
New Names/Own.	Chartered to Società Italiana Cabotaggio* 06/1990-08/1990* Cap Vert – Fairmark Shipping Corp. 1993-1994 Nuova – Hondius Shipping 1994 Atlantis – Antiparos Shipping Company 1994-1996 Marietta II – Marietta Shipping Company 1996-04/1998 Françoise – Gaelic Ferries 04/1998-04/2002 (charter) Aegean Glory – Aegean Cargo 04/2002-06/2006 Chartered to ANEK Cargo* 06/2003-04/2006* Marmara N – Istanbul Lines 04/2006-06/2011 Scrapped at Aliaga in 2011 as “Marmara N”.
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Second vessel of a two-sisters series built for Lloyd Triestino by Orlando yards of Leghorn, which was preceeded by two other similar sisters built for Adriatica, started sailing under the name “Nuova Ventura” serving, with her sisters, the Europe (Leghorn, Genoa, Marseille, Barcelona) – Western Africa (Dakar, Abdijan, Lagos, Douala) line. In the middle of 80’s, Finmare, the parent company of Lloyd Triestino, decided to reorganize its cargo services, which included also the routes served by Adriatica and Italia di Navigazione, and this vessel was transferred to Venice-based Adriatica, maintaining her distinctive black hull, typical of Lloyd Triestino ships, but receiving the distinctive golden/white/red funnel of Adriatica, even if without the St. Mark’s Lion. This livery seemed to be a temporary one, but was maintained on the ship throughout her Adriatica spell, which lasted seven years, spent on Venice – Alexandria – Beirut – Limassol line until 1989, then, after the delivery of “Egizia” and “Fenicia” from Apuania Yards of Marina di Carrara, was laid up until her sale, in 1993, except for a couple of months linking Venice and Bari for Società Italiana di Cabotaggio, a joint-venture between Adriatica and private investors. Sold to Greek interests, the ship changed four different ownerships in five years, and finally, in 1998, was chartered under the name “Françoise” to Gaelic Ferries, linking Rosslare to Cork and Brest. In 2002 the ferry was bought by Kostas Agapitos, which deployed her on its Aegean Cargo services, as the “Aegean Glory”, serving Crete and Santorini. Soon chartered by ANEK to serve on the same lines, in 2006 was delivered back to Agapitos, which intended to replace her with bigger tonnage; the “Aegean Glory” was then sold to Istanbul Lines as their “Marmara N”, where she served her last five years, before being scrapped at Aliaga in 2011.