Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime (CPTM)
Port of registry
Papeete, French Polynesia (France)
Builder
Huanghai Shipbuilding, Shandong, China[2]
In service
12 December 2015
Homeport
Papeete, French Polynesia
Identification
IMO number: 9677492
Call sign: FIQC
MMSI number: 546018800[1]
Status
In service
General characteristics
Type
Passenger-cargo ship
Tonnage
7,500 GT
3,300 DWT
Length
126 m (413 ft 5 in)
Beam
24 m (78 ft 9 in)
Draught
5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)[2]
Decks
10
Speed
15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[2]
Capacity
256
Crew
64[2]
M/V Aranui 5 is a dual passenger/cargo vessel that entered service on 12 December 2015 between Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands.[3] With a homeport of Papeete, French Polynesia, the Aranui 5 replaced the Aranui 3 which entered service in 2003.[4]
No Aranui 4 ever went into service, because the number four is regarded as unlucky in China,[5] from which Wing Wong, founder of Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime (CPTM), the family business that operates the Aranui voyages, emigrated to Tahiti in the 1930s.[4][6]
Aranui 5, like its predecessor, is registered as a passenger ship under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), for international operation.[4]
As well as carrying cargo to and from the six ports in the Marquesas Islands, Aranui 5 operates a passenger service and tourist cruise as part of its monthly 12-day itinerary; the ship also stops at the Rangiroa and Tuamotu atolls before returning to Tahiti.[7]
Additional Aranui 5 trips operate to other islands in French Polynesia and beyond, including Rarotonga and the Cook Islands and once a year to Pitcairn Island.[7]
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^"Aranui 5 : un nouveau cargo pour les Marquises" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
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^ abWheeler, Tony (3 April 2023). "On board the Pacific's strangest cruise ship". Traveller.com.au. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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