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MV Aratika information


Aratika following her 1976 refit
History
New Zealand
NameMV Aratika
RouteWellington - Picton
BuilderChantiers Dubigeon. Nantes
Cost$NZ 8.8 million
Yard number138
Launched8 November 1973
In service1974
Out of service1999
IdentificationIMO number: 7347835
FateSold to MBRS Lines as MV Virgin Mary in the Philippines in 1999. Scrapped in 2008
General characteristics
Class and typeRoll-on/roll-off, train ferry
Tonnage9,035 GT (prior to refit)
Displacement4089 net tons (prior to refit)
Length127.7 m (419 ft)
Beam18.7 m (61 ft)
Draft5.09 m (16.7 ft)
Propulsion2 x SEMT Pielstick
Capacity840 passengers (originally 10), 70 cars (originally 4), rail wagons

MV Aratika was a roll-on/roll-off train ferry that operated on the Interislander between Wellington and Picton in New Zealand from 1974 until 1999.

The Ministry for Culture & Heritage gives Aratika as a Māori-language word meaning direct path.[1]

  1. ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.

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