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Emirati freight/passenger ferry
M/S Translandia
History
Name
  • 1976–1993: Transgermania
  • 1993–1995: Rosebay
  • 1995–1997: Eurostar
  • 1997–1998: Eurocruiser
  • 1998–2001: Rosebay
  • 2001–2004: Transparaden
  • 2004–2014: Translandia
Owner
  • 2004–2013: Eckerö Line
  • 2013–2014: Salem Al Makrani Cargo Co
Operator
  • 2004–2013: Eckerö Line
  • 2013 onwards: Salem Al Makrani Cargo Co
Port of registry
Route2004–2012: Helsinki–Tallinn
BuilderJ. J. Sietas Werft, Hamburg, West Germany
Yard number792
Launched27 August 1976
Christened1976
Completed1 January 1976
Acquired30 October 1976
Maiden voyage4 November 1976
Out of service2014
Identification
FateScrapped at Alang, India in 2014
General characteristics
TypeFerry
Tonnage13,867 GRT
Length135.75 m (445 ft 4 in)
Beam21.7 m (71 ft 2 in)
Draught5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Ice class1 A
Installed power
  • 2 × MAN 6-52/55A diesels
  • 9,318 kW (12,496 hp) combined
PropulsionTwin screw, controllable pitch propellers
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Capacity
  • 63 passengers
  • 63 passenger beds
  • vehicles (1,624 lane meters)

MS Translandia was a freight/passenger ferry owned by the shipping company Salem Al Makrani Cargo from Dubai. She was built in 1976 by J. J. Sietas Werft, Hamburg, West Germany for Poseidon Schiffahrts oHG as MS Transgermania. Between 2004 and 2012 she sailed for Finnish shipping company Eckerö Line on their route connecting Helsinki, Finland, to Tallinn, Estonia.

  • MS Translandia in April 2007 MS Translandia in April 2007

References

  1. ^ VeriStarInfo
  2. ^ MS Translandia at faktaomfartyg (in Swedish)

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