Bass Strait cargo ferry operated by Spirit of Tasmania
History
Name
Spirit of Tasmania IV
Owner
TT-Line Company Pty Ltd (Tasmania)
Operator
Spirit of Tasmania
Port of registry
Devonport
Route
Geelong–Devonport
Ordered
April 2021
Builder
Rauma Marine Constructions, Rauma, Finland
Yard number
6009[2]
Laid down
28 October 2022
Launched
27 October 2023[1]
In service
2024 (scheduled)
Identification
IMO number: 9936587
Status
Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type
Ropax ferry
Tonnage
48,000 GT
5,651 DWT
Length
212 m (695 ft 6 in)
Beam
31 m (102 ft)
Installed power
4 × Wärtsilä 9L46DF (4×10,305kW)[2]
Speed
26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Capacity
1,800 passengers
3,700 lanemeters
Spirit of Tasmania IV is a roll-on/roll-off ferry, under construction by Rauma Marine Constructions at its shipyards in Rauma, Finland. It is to be operated by Spirit of Tasmania in Australia on the Bass Strait ferry route between Geelong, Victoria and Devonport, Tasmania.
In April 2021 Rauma Marine Constructions signed a contract with Spirit of Tasmania for the construction of two ships, the Spirit of Tasmania IV and Spirit of Tasmania V.[3][4][5] Construction commenced on 28 February 2022 with a steel-cutting ceremony.[6] The keel was laid on 28 October 2022.[7] It will be the first ferry on the Bass Strait route to use LNG fuel.[8][9]
The two ferries will replace the Spirit of Tasmania I and Spirit of Tasmania II. It is scheduled to be delivered in the first quarter of 2024.[10]
^"Rauma shipyard celebrates the launch and christening of Spirit of Tasmania IV". Rauma Marine Constructions. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
^ ab"Spirit of Tasmania IV (9936587)". Sea-web. S&P Global. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^for two new car and passenger ferries for TT-Line strengthens RMC’s order book significantly Rauma Marine Constructions 14 April 2021
^Tasmania Orders Finnish Ferries After Studying Domestic Construction The Maritime Executive 14 April 2021
^Two ordered from Rauma Ships Monthly June 2021 page 6
^Construction on second new Spirit of Tasmania ferry under way Geelong Times 19 January 2023
^Keel laying of Spirit of Tasmania car and passenger ferry celebrated in Rauma shipyard Rauma Marine Constructions 28 October 2022
^Construction of the world’s southernmost LNG-powered car and passenger ferry started at Rauma, Finland Archived 31 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Rauma Marine Constructions 28 February 2022
^Keel laying of Spirit of Tasmania car and passenger ferry celebrated in Rauma shipyard Helsinki Times 28 February 2022
^New Ships Archived 6 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine Spirit of Tasmania
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