MV Atlantic Vision entering the harbour at Port aux Basques in May 2014
History
Name
2002–2008: Superfast IX
2008 onwards: Atlantic Vision
Owner
2002–2006: Superfast Ferries
2006 onwards: Tallink[3]
Operator
2002–2006: Superfast Ferries
2006–2008: Tallink
2008-2024: Marine Atlantic[3]
2024-onwards: Tallink
Port of registry
2002–2006: Piraeus, Greece
2006–2008: Paldiski, Estonia
2008–2024: St. John's, Canada[2]
2024 onward: Limassol; Cyprus
Builder
HDW, Kiel, Germany
Yard number
359[1]
Launched
18 November 2000[3]
Christened
11 January 2002[3]
Acquired
8 January 2002[3]
Maiden voyage
10 January 2002[3]
In service
10 January 2002[3]
Identification
Call sign: VYPN
IMO number: 9211509[1]
MMSI number: 316007000
Status
In service
General characteristics (as built)[3]
Type
Ropax ferry
Tonnage
30,285 GT
10,769 NT
5,915 DWT
Length
203.30 m (667 ft)
Beam
25.00 m (82 ft)
Draught
6.68 m (21 ft 11 in)
Depth
9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Decks
10[5]
Ice class
1 A Super[5]
Installed power
4×Wärtsilä-Sulzer 16ZAV40S
46,000kW (combined)
Propulsion
Two shafts, controllable pitch propellers[1]
2 bow thrusters
1 stern thruster[4]
Speed
30.4 knots (56.3 km/h; 35.0 mph) (maximum)[5]
25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) (service)[4]
Capacity
626 passengers (as built)
728 passengers (after 2004 refit)[5]
962 passengers (after 2008 refit)[4]
661 cars (as built)
531 cars (after 2008 refit)[4]
2,425 lane meters
MV Atlantic Vision is a fast ro-pax ferry owned by the Estonian ferry company Tallink, and was under charter to Canadian operator Marine Atlantic until March 2024. In February 2015, Marine Atlantic announced that the lease on the vessel had been renewed until November 2017 for a cost of Can$40 million.[6] It was subsequently extended again, and the vessel was under Marine Atlantic control up to March 2024.[7][needs update]Atlantic Vision operated on Marine Atlantic's services between North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and the Newfoundland ports of Channel-Port aux Basques and Argentia, Placentia.
The ship was built in 2002 as MS Superfast IX by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel, Germany for Attica Group's subsidiary Superfast Ferries.[3]
She was the fastest RoPax and largest KW rating ferry operating in North America.
^ abc"Atlantic Vision (31780)". Vessel Register for DNV. DNV. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
^Port of registry: MS/Atlantic Vision[https://web.archive.org/web/20111015203031/http://www.marine-atlantic.ca/eng/our-fleet.asp?s=MVatlanticVision Archived 15 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 4 January 2012
^ abcdefghiAsklander, Micke. "M/S Superfast IX (2002)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 April 2008.
^ abcd"MV Atlantic Vision vessels specifications". Marine Atlantic. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
^ abcd"Tallink Superfast » Technical information". Tallink official website. Archived from the original on 30 March 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
^"Marine Atlantic renews lease for MV Atlantic Vision". CBC News. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^"Marine Atlantic to renew lease on MV Atlantic Vision". The Telegram. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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