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{{see also|Maryam (disambiguation)}}
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| Ship name                = ''Venture 84'', ''Trident'', renamed ''Trident III'' in 1986
| Ship owner               = [[Emeraude Ferries|Emeraude Lines]]
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| Ship registry            = {{flag|France}}
| Ship route               = Channel Islands &mdash; France
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| Ship completed           = 1982<ref name="equasis"/>
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| Ship in service          = April 1983
| Ship out of service      = 1996
| Ship identification      = {{IMO Number|8205694}}
| Ship fate                = Sold to Fergün Denizcilik
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| Ship name                = ''Fergün Express III''
| Ship owner               = Fergün Denizcilik
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| Ship registry            = {{flag|Turkey}}
| Ship route               = Northern Cyprus
| Ship acquired            = 1996
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| Ship out of service      = August 2009
| Ship identification      = {{IMO Number|8205694}}
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| Ship name                =*''Junia Star''<ref>
{{Cite news
  |author=AFP
  | title = Lebanese all-women aid ship to head to Gaza
  | newspaper = The Jordan Times
  | location = Amman, Jordan
  | publisher = Jordan Press Foundation
  | date = August 20, 2010
  | url = http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=29374
  | accessdate = Aug 26, 2010}}
</ref> or ''Jounieh Star''
* later ''Ladi Faten''<ref name="equasis"/>
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| Ship identification      =*{{IMO Number|8205694}}
*[[MMSI Number]] 720624000
*Callsign CPA860
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| Ship name                = ''Mariam'' or ''St. Mariam''
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| Ship registry            = {{flag|Bolivia}}
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| Ship in service          = August 2010
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| Ship identification      = {{IMO Number|8205694}}
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| Ship status              = In service
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| Ship class               = [[Westamaran]] W95 [[catamaran]]
| Ship tonnage             =*{{GT|228}}<ref name="equasis">{{csr|register=E|id=8205694|shipname=Mariam|accessdate=2010-08-26 }}</ref>
*{{NetT|83}}<ref name="birs"/>
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{{Cite web
  | title = Mariam - Sheepstype: Passagierschepen - Roepteken: CPA 860 - vesseltracker.com
  | publisher = vesseltracker.com
  | date = August 26, 2010
  | url = http://www.vesseltracker.com/nl/Ships/Mariam-8205694.html
  | accessdate = Aug 26, 2010}}
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| Ship depth               = 3.1 meters<ref name="birs">{{cite web|url=http://www.ribb.gov.bo/index.php?mode=simple&type=Page&action=buquesActuales|title=Buques Actuales (Current Ships)|author=Registro Internacional Boliviano de Buques (Bolivian International Registry of Ships)|date=2010-08-25|publisher=Ministry of Defense|location=La Paz|accessdate=2010-08-29}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| Ship propulsion          = two 1800 hp main engines
| Ship speed               = 28 knots
| Ship capacity            = approximately 200 passengers
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'''MV ''Mariam''''' is a Bolivian-[[flag state|flagged]] passenger ferry with a {{GT|228|disp=long}}.  Built in 1982 at [[Westermoen Hydrofoil]] shipyard, the ship is a [[catamaran]] {{convert|29.00|m|ftin}} in length with a capacity of about 200 passengers.  Built as ''Venture 84'', the ship was in service with the French ferry operator [[Emeraude Ferries|Emeraude Lines]] from 1983 to 1996, serving a route between the [[Channel Islands]] and France.  From 1996 to 2008, the ship was operated by Cypriot ferry operator Fergün Denizcilik as ''Fergün Express III''.

{{as of|2010}}, the ship is [[Lebanon|Lebanese]]-owned and operated as medical aid cargo ship which, in August 2010, was intended to sail to the [[Gaza Strip]] to break Israel's four-year [[2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip|blockade]] of Gaza.

==Design and construction==

The ship, built as ''Venture 84'', is a [[Westamaran]] W95 [[catamaran]].<ref name="cff0505-14">{{cite web |url=http://www.classicfastferries.com/cff/pdf/cff_2005_5.pdf |title=Istanbul and Turkey Operators |first=Tim |last=Timoleon | date=May 2005 |work=Classic Fast Ferries |pages=12–14 |accessdate=2010-08-28 }}</ref><ref name="cff0103">{{cite web |url=http://www.classicfastferries.com/cff/pdf/cff_2003_1.pdf |title=The French Connection |first=Tim |last=Timoleon | date=January 2003 |work=Classic Fast Ferries |pages=4–6 |accessdate=2010-08-28 }}</ref>  The Westamaran line was designed by Herald Heinriksen of [[Westermoen Hydrofoil]] of [[Mandal, Norway]].<ref name="foss"/>  Featuring asymmetrical hulls, the Westamaran models were designed as a replacement for hydrofoils, and were considered more seaworthy in Norwegian waters and easier to operate than hydrofoils.<ref name="cff0103"/><ref name="foss"/>  The immediate predecessor of the W95, the W86, has been called a "breakthrough" for high-speed craft in Norway, and according to Bjørn Foss of [[Molde University College|More and Romsdal College]], Westamaran catamarans "dominated the fast ferry market in Norway" for several years.<ref name="foss"/>  Westmaran ships have seen use world-wide.<ref name="cff0103"/>

The W95 has a maximum cruising speed of 28 knots, powered by two 1800 horsepower main engines that consume up to 625 litres of fuel per hour.<ref name="foss">{{cite conference|url=http://www.knvts.nl/S%26W%20archief/Optimization%20of%20ship%20speed.pdf|title=Economy and Speed in Commercial Operations|first=Bjørn|last=Foss|date=June 1991|conference=First International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122121258/http://www.knvts.nl/S%26W%20archief/Optimization%20of%20ship%20speed.pdf|archive-date=2009-11-22|location=Trondheim, Norway|accessdate=2010-08-29|url-status=dead}}.</ref>

==History==
''Venture 84'' entered service as a vessel of the French ferry operator [[Emeraude Ferries|Emeraude Lines]] in April 1983, and was renamed ''Trident''.<ref name="cff0103"/>  While Emeraude Lines would go on to operate several W95 ferries, ''Trident'' had the distinction of being the only ship the company ever bought new from the builder.<ref name="cff0103"/>  The company's advertising mentioned the ship's "large air-conditioned passenger saloon with a panoramic view and bar".<ref name="cff0103"/>  ''Trident'' was used mainly for the route from [[Saint Malo]] to [[Saint Helier]], on a 70-minute schedule with a daytrip fare of 195 French Francs.<ref name="cff0103"/>  In 1986, the ship was renamed ''Trident III'', often written ''Trident 3''.<ref name="cff0103"/>  The ship continued the Channel Islands-France service until 1996 when it was purchased by ferry operator Fergün Denizcilik of [[Kyrenia]], Cyprus.<ref name="cff0505-14"/><ref name="cff0103"/>

Renamed ''Fergün Express III'', the ship joined a ferry service that had been operating since 1986.<ref name="cff0505-14"/>  In January 2008 the ship was withdrawn from its class at the Türk Loydu [[classification society]] for reasons including an overdue survey.<ref name="turkloyd">{{cite web |url=http://www.turkloydu.org/TurkLoydu/getdoc/f7b125d1-a8e6-4eb0-8a60-42a14465d048/CLASS-SUSPENSIONS-WITHDRAWALS-REINSTATEMENTS-24020.aspx |title=Class Suspensions – Withdrawals – Reinstatments/Reassignments |author=Türk Loydu |date=2010-07-23 |publisher=Türk Loydu Foundation |location=Istanbul |accessdate=August 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803151602/http://www.turkloydu.org/TurkLoydu/getdoc/f7b125d1-a8e6-4eb0-8a60-42a14465d048/CLASS-SUSPENSIONS-WITHDRAWALS-REINSTATEMENTS-24020.aspx |archive-date=August 3, 2010 }}</ref>  In August 2009, the ship was purchased by shipowner Ghassan El Assaad el Bakri of [[Tripoli, Lebanon]] and renamed ''Ladi Faten''.<ref name="equasis"/><ref name="turkloyd"/>  In August 2010, it was sold to "undisclosed interests", reflagged under the Cambodian [[flag of convenience]], and renamed ''Jounieh Star''.<ref name="equasis"/>  The ship has recently been [[ship registration|registered]] under the Bolivian and Jordanian flags.<ref name="equasis"/>

===As ''Mariam''===
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{{as of|2010}} the ship is known as ''Mariam'' or ''St. Mariam''.  It is currently a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] medical aid cargo ship which, in August 2010, was intended to sail to the [[Gaza Strip]] to break Israel's four-year [[2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip|blockade]] of Gaza. It sails under the [[Bolivia]]n [[Ship registration|flag]].<ref name="keinon">{{cite news|last=Keinon|first=Herb|title=Lebanese ship delays departure to Gaza|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=185651|accessdate=24 August 2010|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=23 August 2010}}</ref> The ship carries 50 women, mostly from [[Lebanon]], but also a group of American nuns.<ref>{{cite news|title=Power of women protest movements|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11037247|accessdate=24 August 2010|newspaper=[[BBC News]]|date=20 August 2010}}</ref> Its actions are coordinated by Lebanese lawyer Samar al Hajj.<ref name="keinon"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Elizabeth A.|title=Organizers: Lebanese ship to sail for Gaza Sunday|url=http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1972612&nid=500|accessdate=25 August 2010|newspaper=[[WTOP-FM]]|date=19 August 2010}}</ref> According to ''[[The Guardian]]'', the women on board have all adopted the ship's name and call themselves "Mariam."<ref>{{cite news|last=Sherlock|first=Ruth|title= Gaza aid flotilla to set sail from Lebanon with all-women crew: Arabic singer joins crew of nuns, doctors, lawyers and journalists for humanitarian mission despite Israeli warning|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/06/gaza-aid-flotilla-lebanon-women|accessdate=25 August 2010|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=6 August 2010}}</ref>

Its first mission, in late August 2010, was delayed because [[Cyprus]] would not allow it (and its sister ship the ''Naji Alali'') to sail through its waters;<ref>{{cite news|last=Bakri|first=Nada|author-link=Nada Bakri |title=Ship Postpones Aid Mission Set for Gaza|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/middleeast/22flotilla.html|accessdate=24 August 2010|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=21 August 2010}}</ref> because Lebanon is still officially at war with Israel, the ship cannot go to Gaza directly from Lebanon and would have to sail through a third country.<ref>{{cite news|title=World in Brief|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/World/1198122.html|accessdate=25 August 2010|newspaper=[[The Chronicle Herald]]|date=22 August 2010}}</ref> Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs [[Avigdor Lieberman]] was unequivocal in his insistence that the ''Mariam'' not reach Gaza: "Our position is absolutely clear and firm – under no conditions or provocations can any flotilla or ship harm our country's political independence and reach the Gaza Strip."<ref>{{cite web|title=Israel – Interview with FM Avigdor Liberman on Reka Radio|url=http://www.isria.com/pages/23_August_2010_4.php|publisher=International Security Research and Intelligence Agency|accessdate=25 August 2010}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

{{as of|September 2010}}, representatives of the ''Mariam'' voyage are in talks with Greece to use a Greek port for departure to Gaza.<ref>{{cite news |title=Activist group to help Palestinian refugees return home |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=118906 |newspaper=The Daily Star |location=Beirut }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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|image1=[http://ru.euronews.net/2010/08/22/cypriots-deny-gaza-bound-ship-use-of-their-ports/ Closeup of wheel-house].
|image2=[http://channelislandsshipping.je/page89.html#Trident Several photos as ''Trident''/''Trident III'''].
|image4=[http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article588260.ece View of port side].
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