ro/ro corriere dell ’est

Photo from Commis’s collection #5965

Ship	Corriere dell’ Est (1972)	Building Spec.	Cantieri Navali Luigi Orlando, Leghorn, Italy, 1970 – N° 130
Call Sign		IMO Number	6928620
GRT	3.739	DWT	2.993
Dimensions	105,31 x 17,51 x 5,09	Engines	2 Fiat – GMT 16c, 7.999 kW
Speed	20 knots	Passengers	12
Beds	12	Cars	0
Lane Metres	948	Sister Ships	El Carrier (sunk in 1988) Kibris Yildizi
Registry Port	Trieste	Flag	Italian
Former Names/Own.	Espresso Campania – Traghetti del Mediterraneo 1970-71 Corriere dell’Est – Traghetti dell’Adriatico 1971-72
New Names/Own.	Tango Express – Intercon. Overseas 1981-83 Golden Gate – Marsirena Dinamica Armadora 1983-87 Golden Fate – Billow Shipping 1987-88 Maria S. – Chapala Investments 1989-94 Hercarrier – Herriet Navigation 1994-95 Ulusoy I – Ulusoy Shipping 1995-99 Marina di Carrara – Olbia Line 1999-02 Chartered to Ecolshipping 1999 Scrapped at Aliaga in 2002 as “Marina di Carrara”.
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Built by Luigi Orlando yards for Traghetti del Mediterraneo, the main customer of the Leghorn-based yard, was transferred the following year to the branch company Traghetti dell’Adriatico, serving the lines leaving from Marseille, Genoa and Trieste to the Middle East. The ship was repainted in Adriatrica colours in 1972, being bought later by the company, engaged from Trieste and Venice (Marghera) to Piraeus, Famagosta, Lattakia, Mersin, Izmir. Among the “Corriere” vessels, she was the one who remained most far in Adriatica fleet, being sold only in 1981; as long as it usually happens with freighters, she passed many hands and changed many names, unfortunately without many informations about the services carried on. As “Maria S.” was linking Germany and United Kingdom, then, after a while as “Hercarrier”, was owned by the Turkish shipping company Ulusoy, until her unexpected return back to Italy, in 1999, as “Marina di Carrara” for Olbia Line, finding as her fleet mate the “Olbia”, which was also a fleet mate at the beginning of her career as the “Espresso Sicilia” of Traghetti del Mediterraneo. The ferry was engaged on a link between Marina di Carrara and Olbia until her sale for scrap in December 2002.

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