Ro/Ro Via Adriatico

ro/ro via adriatico

Photo © Egidio Ferrighi, Caralis #1450

Ship	Via Adriatico (2001)	Building spec.	Frisian Welgelegen B.V., Harlingen, Holland (hull) / Van der Giessen – De Noord, Krimpen, Holland (finishing work), 1992 – N°958
Call Sign	ICNL	IMO Number	9019066
GRT	14.398	DWT	5.535
Dimensions	150,43 x 23,43 x 6,02	Engines	2 Zgoda-Sulzer, 11.529 kW
Speed	19,5 knots	Passengers	100
Beds	100 in 25 cabins	Cars
Lane meters	1.850	Sister ships	Espresso Catania Espresso Ravenna Galileusz Lazio Puglia Scandola
Registry port.	Palermo	Flag	Italian
Former Names/Own	Via Adriatico – Viamare (Finmare) 1992-96 Via Adriatico – Tirrenia Navigazione 1996-01
New Names/Owners	Via Adriatico – Tirrenia Navigazione divisione Adriatica 2004à
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Second ro/ro of “Viamare” project, her delivery followed soon the one of the first of five Viamare sisters, then followed by two other sisters built for Tirrenia at Fincantieri Palermo yards. After her delivery of November 1992 was deployed on the “sea highway” between Voltri, at the Western end of Genoa port area, and Termini Imerese, a town close to the capital of Sicily, Palermo, carrying both trailers and brand-new Fiat cars produced in the factory of the city. In 1996 the Viamare brand and its elegant green livery were cancelled transferring the ownership of the vessel to Tirrenia and being repainted in the classical orange of Tirrenia’s ro/ro ships. In 1998 the service was diverted to Genoa’s main port, then in 2001, after some changes over cargo services within Tirrenia group, the ferry was transferred to Adriatica, even if maintaining her original name and registry port, being repainted with the classical livery of the company based at Venice, but horribly lacking the St. Mark’s lion on her funnel. Even if operated by Adriatica, the ship was employed on a route which was totally stranger with Adriatic Sea, the Genoa – Termini Imerese. Since 2004 summer, after the merger of Adriatica with Tirrenia, the ship is again in Tirrenia hands and, even if it is expected to see her again in Tirrenia livery, this never happened yet at June 2007.

TIRRENIA NAVIGAZIONE Ro/Ro Via Adriatico – Photo © Commis, Genoa, August 2000 #5984

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