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Ro/Ro SEATRAILER (1998-1999)
Ro/Ro
SEATRAILER
Photo © Rossella
Balaskas #9636
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Ship |
Seatrailer (1998) ΣΗ
ΤΡΕΙΛΕΡ |
Building
Spec. |
Hayashikane Shipbuilding, Shimonoseki, Japan, 1973 – N° 1173 |
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Call Sign |
SVAP |
IMO Number |
7328736 |
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GRT |
7.060 |
DWT |
3.044 |
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Dimensions |
140,85 x 22,46 x 5,55 |
Engines |
2 Mitsubishi - MAN
18V40/54, 14.710 kW |
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Speed |
21 knots |
Passengers |
12 |
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Beds |
12 |
Cars |
43 |
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Lane
Metres |
950 |
Sister
ships |
Morning Shine (Scrapped in 2011) Riviera Adriatica
(Scrapped in 2018) St. Ezekiel Moreno (Scrapped in 2007) |
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Registry
Port |
Piraeus |
Flag |
Greek |
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Former
Names/Own. |
Shima Maru – Fuji Ferry 1973-1978 Ferry Kuroshio – Kinkai Kisen Kaisha 1978-1998 |
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New
Names/Owners |
Seatrailer – Minoan
Flying Dolphins / Hellas Ferries 2000-2002 Seatrailer – Hellas
Flying Dolphins / Hellas Ferries 2002-2003 Scrapped at Alang (India) in 2003 as SEA
TRIAL. |
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The
SHIMA MARU was delivered to Fuji Ferry in 1973; she was part of a four-sister
series built by Hayashikane shipyards of Shimonoseki, but also two earlier
vessels built by the Japanese yard were very similar to these, so we can
enlarge the series to six vessels. Four vessels of the six built arrived in
Greece, with this one being the last bought by a Greek company, when she was 25
years old; maybe she wasn’t converted due to her age, remaining the only ship of the series
which couldn’t carry passengers, instead of her Greek mates and also of the two vessels
which ended their careers in Philippines. Deployed on Tokyo – Matsushita line, this ferry was sold in 1978 to Kinkai
Kisen, when Fuji Ferry ceased its operations, and was moved to Osaka – Kobe – Beppu line
as the FERRY KUROSHIO. In 1998 she was bought by Kostas Agapitos in order to
launch a new freight service between Korinthos and the commercial port of
Venice, Porto Marghera. The two-ferry service proved
to be very successful, so the company decided to buy two more Japanese
freighters; anyway at the end of 1999 Minoan Flying
Dolphins bought all the Agapitos vessels, including this one. The SEATRAILER
maintained her name and changed her livery to a red-hull one, being also
redeployed to Patras on her route to Porto Marghera.
The SEATRAILER was later sold for scrap in 2003.
Photo Gallery
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From |
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Nautilia.gr |
FUJI
FERRY – Shima Maru (1973-1978)
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From |
Kobe, 21/05/1986 |
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Nautilia.gr |
Olegushka (Wikimedia) |
KINKAI
KISEN – Ferry Kuroshio (1978-1998)
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Patras |
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Antonios Lazaris |
Rossella Balaskas |
MINOAN
FLYING DOLPHINS / HELLAS FERRIES – Seatrailer (2000-2003)