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After public inspections at Hobart, Melbourne and Devonport, the two new ships set sail on 1 September Spirit of Tasmania I from Devonport and Spirit of Tasmania II from Melbourne. Earlier that day Spirit of Tasmania arrived in Melbourne for the last time, having crossed Bass Strait 2,849 times and carried a total of 2.3 million passengers ...
Spirit of Tasmania IV is a roll-on/roll-off ferry built by Rauma Marine Constructions in Rauma, Finland. It is to be operated by Spirit of Tasmania in Australia on the Bass Strait ferry route between Geelong , Victoria and Devonport, Tasmania .
MS Spirit of Tasmania II is a roll-on/roll-off ferry operated by Spirit of Tasmania between Geelong and Devonport in Australia. Built in 1998 by Kvaerner Masa-Yards at Turku New Shipyard in Finland for Superfast Ferries as MS Superfast III, since 2002 she has sailed for Spirit of Tasmania as the Spirit of Tasmania II.
In 2002 the Spirit of Tasmania was replaced with the two ferries previously owned by Superfast Ferries Spirit of Tasmania I and Spirit of Tasmania II, with two crossings each night leaving simultaneously from Melbourne and Devonport. From January 2004 to June 2006 a third ship, Spirit of Tasmania III, operated on the Devonport to Sydney route.
MS Spirit of Tasmania I is a roll-on/roll-off ferry operated by Spirit of Tasmania between Geelong and Devonport in Australia. Built in 1998 by Kvaerner Masa-Yards at Turku New Shipyard in Finland for Superfast Ferries as MS Superfast IV , since 2002 she has sailed for Spirit of Tasmania as the Spirit of Tasmania I.
In April 2021 Rauma Marine Constructions signed a contract with Spirit of Tasmania for the construction of two ships, the Spirit of Tasmania IV and Spirit of Tasmania V. [2] [3] [4] Construction commenced on 20 December 2022 with a steel-cutting ceremony. [5] [6] It was launched on 19 July 2024 by the Governor of Tasmania, Barbara Baker. [7] [8]
Spirit of Tasmania III on Mersey River, Devonport. TT-Line took over the ship on 30 September 2003 and renamed her Spirit of Tasmania III. It subsequently sailed to Hobart, Tasmania, where it was refitted for its new service. On 15 January 2004, the ferry entered service on Spirit of Tasmania's new Sydney to Devonport route.
The two new Superfasts were renamed Spirit of Tasmania I and Spirit of Tasmania II and began operations in September 2002. Having crossed Bass Strait 2,849 times, carried a total of 2.3 million passengers, 807,000 cars and 185,000 containers, the Spirit of Tasmania was laid up in Sydney and sold to Fjord Line and refitted at Ørskov Yard in ...