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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.
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.
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 ...
Corsica Sardinia Ferries took over Spirit of Tasmania III on 5 September 2006 and renamed it Mega Express Four. The ferry entered service for its new owners in November of the same year. [ 1 ] Between January and April 2007, it was rebuilt at the Megatechnica shipyard in Perama , Greece with an expanded aft superstructure.
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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 ...
Bass Strait ferry Spirit of Tasmania I in 2014. Bass Strait Ferries have been the ships that have been used for regular transport across Bass Strait between Tasmania and Victoria on mainland Australia, [1] [2] [3] as well as the various attempts to link Tasmania with Sydney.
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]