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'''MV ''Highlanders''''' is a [[Marine Atlantic]] passenger/vehicle [[ferry]] which operates between the islands of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] and [[Cape Breton Island|Cape Breton]] in eastern Canada. She is named after several Nova Scotian infantry regiments which fought in the first and second world wars. |
'''MV ''Highlanders''''' is a [[Marine Atlantic]] passenger/vehicle [[ferry]] which operates between the islands of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] and [[Cape Breton Island|Cape Breton]] in eastern Canada. She is named after several Nova Scotian infantry regiments which fought in the first and second world wars. |
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''Highlanders'' was originally '''MV ''Stena Traveller'''''. Largely built in Russia, her assembly was finished in Norway. As part of the [[Stena Line]] she regularly ran between The Netherlands and the United Kingdom from 2007-2009. After being leased by Marine Atlantic, she was taken to Bremerhaven, Germany to be converted so as to better suit the [[North Sydney, Nova Scotia|North Sydney]] to [[Channel-Port aux Basques]] route, which she would be taking over. This conversion included the addition of a third [[bow thruster]], increase and renovation of the passenger areas, and shortening of the vessel by 12m to help facilitate docking at Channel-Port aux Basques.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marine-atlantic.ca/en/fleet/Newsrelease.pdf|title=GOVERNMENT OF CANADA INVESTS IN TWO FERRIES FOR MARINE ATLANTIC INC.|accessdate=14 March 2011}}</ref> She |
''Highlanders'' was originally '''MV ''Stena Traveller'''''. Largely built in Russia, her assembly was finished in Norway. As part of the [[Stena Line]] she regularly ran between The Netherlands and the United Kingdom from 2007-2009. After being leased by Marine Atlantic, she was taken to Bremerhaven, Germany to be converted so as to better suit the [[North Sydney, Nova Scotia|North Sydney]] to [[Channel-Port aux Basques]] route, which she would be taking over. This conversion included the addition of a third [[bow thruster]], increase and renovation of the passenger areas, and shortening of the vessel by 12m to help facilitate docking at Channel-Port aux Basques.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marine-atlantic.ca/en/fleet/Newsrelease.pdf|title=GOVERNMENT OF CANADA INVESTS IN TWO FERRIES FOR MARINE ATLANTIC INC.|accessdate=14 March 2011}}</ref> She entered regular passenger service with Marine Atlantic mid April 2011 shortly after her nearly identical [[sister ship]] the [[MV Blue Puttees]]. |
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Revision as of 16:18, 31 July 2012
History | |
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Name | list error: <br /> list (help) 2007-2009: Stena Traveller 2011 onwards: Highlanders |
Operator | list error: <br /> list (help) 2006-2009: Stena Line 2011 onwards: Marine Atlantic |
Port of registry | St Johns, ![]() |
Builder | Baltijsky Zavod Shipyard, Russia/Fosen Yards, Norway |
Laid down | 2004 |
Launched | 2005 |
Completed | 2006 |
Identification | IMO number: 9331189 |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Seabridger |
Tonnage | 28,460 GRT |
Length | 199.5 m (654.5 ft)* |
Beam | 26.70 m (87.6 ft)* |
Draught | 6.20 m (20.3 ft)* |
Installed power | 2 × MAN 9L48/60B 9-cylinder diesel engines, 2 × Auxiliary Mitsubishi diesel engines |
Propulsion | 2 × controllable pitch propellers 3 × bow thrusters |
Capacity | list error: <br /> list (help) 1000 passengers 2840 lane meters |
MV Highlanders is a Marine Atlantic passenger/vehicle ferry which operates between the islands of Newfoundland and Cape Breton in eastern Canada. She is named after several Nova Scotian infantry regiments which fought in the first and second world wars.
Highlanders was originally MV Stena Traveller. Largely built in Russia, her assembly was finished in Norway. As part of the Stena Line she regularly ran between The Netherlands and the United Kingdom from 2007-2009. After being leased by Marine Atlantic, she was taken to Bremerhaven, Germany to be converted so as to better suit the North Sydney to Channel-Port aux Basques route, which she would be taking over. This conversion included the addition of a third bow thruster, increase and renovation of the passenger areas, and shortening of the vessel by 12m to help facilitate docking at Channel-Port aux Basques.[1] She entered regular passenger service with Marine Atlantic mid April 2011 shortly after her nearly identical sister ship the MV Blue Puttees.
References
- ^ "GOVERNMENT OF CANADA INVESTS IN TWO FERRIES FOR MARINE ATLANTIC INC" (PDF). Retrieved 14 March 2011.