Arahura at Pencarrow Head in 2004 livery, prior to the 2008 refit.
History
Name
Arahura
Namesake
Māori: Pathway to Dawn
Owner
KiwiRail
Port of registry
Wellington, New Zealand
Route
Wellington - Picton
Builder
Aalborg Vaerft, Denmark
Laid down
1982
Launched
18 March 1983
Completed
1983
Maiden voyage
21 December 1983
In service
1983 - 2015
Out of service
July 2015
Identification
IMO number: 8201454
Fate
Scrapped at Alang 2015
General characteristics
Tonnage
13621 gt
Length
148.3 m (487 ft)
Beam
20.5 m (67 ft)
Draft
5.47 m
Decks
9
Installed power
Four Wärtsilä Vasa 12V32 diesel engines, each producing 4065 kW at 750 RPM coupled to 2 3800 kW General Electric Company generators via flexible shafts.
Propulsion
Two 6700 kW propulsion motors driving two KaMeWa Controllable pitch propellers, each four blades inward turning at 214 RPM and 4.6 m (15 ft) in diameter.
Speed
19 knots (35 km/h)
Capacity
550 passengers (after 2008 refit) originally 1085 passengers
142 cars
60 rail vehicles
Crew
65
DEV Arahura was a roll-on/roll-off train ferry that operated on the Interislander service between Wellington and Picton in New Zealand from 1983 until 2015.
DEVArahura was a roll-on/roll-off train ferry that operated on the Interislander service between Wellington and Picton in New Zealand from 1983 until...
New Zealand West Coast tribal meeting ground Arahura River, a New Zealand West Coast river DEVArahura, a ferry that formerly operated on the Interisland...
Interislander's two other ships (MV Kaitaki and DEVArahura) with peak summer loadings while its third ship, DEV Aratere, was out of service for repairs after...
provided a faster alternative to the conventional ferries MV Aratika and DEVArahura. To complement the faster ferry, a passenger train from Picton to Christchurch...
cancelled in September 1976. In 1982 Arahura joined the fleet to replace the ageing Aramoana and Aranui. The faster Arahura reduced the time across Cook Strait...
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