Ro/Ro Acacia - Kingstown

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Ro/Ro ACACIA

Photo © Apostolos Kaknis, Perama, 10/03/07 #6916

Ship	Acacia (2006)	Building Spec.	Framnæs Mekaniske Verksted, Sandefjord, Norway, 1974 – N°182
Call Sign	J8B3358	IMO Number	7369039
GRT	13.436	DWT	9.641
Dimensions	163,49 x 21,06 x 7,1	Engines	2 Lindholmens – Pielstick 12c, 8.825 kW
Speed	18 knots	Passengers	12
Beds	12	Cars
Lane Metres	1.300	Sister ships	Aegean Star Archagelos Assi Euro Link (sunk in 2003) Filippos Stora Korsnäs Link I (sunk in 1991) Strada Gigante Strada Gothica Taxiarchis Ulusoy 6
Registry Port	Kingstown	Flag	St. Vincent & Grenadines
Former Names/Own.	Tor Finlandia – Tor Line 1974-84 Chartered to Fred. Olsen* 1981-82* Chartered to Bore Line* 1982* Chartered to Fred. Olsen* 1982-83* Chartered to Bore Line* 1983* Baltic Wasa – Salen Dry Cargo 1984 Chartered to Fred. Olsen* 1984* Baltic Wasa – Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken 1984 Ocean Link – Romulus Ltd 1984-90 Chartered to Grimaldi* Siosa 1984-87* Chartered to Transfennica* 1987* Chartered to Sea-Link* 1990* Ocean Link – Sea-Link 1990-92 Assi Scan Link – Oosterems BV 1992-04 Acacia – Gorthon / Rederi AB Transatlantic 2004-06
New Names/Owners	Chartered to Anek* Cargo 07/06-08/06* Aegean Sky – Aegean Cargo 2007-10 Chartered to DFDS Tor Line* 10/2007-10/2008* Chartered to Emroll* 11/2009* Scrapped at Alang on September 2010 as “Aegean Sky”.
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Another one of the long Framnæs ro/ro series, started her commercial sailings in 1974 for Tor Line; the good project and quality of these ferries is testified both by the number of sisters produced and by the great flexibility of the ferries, which were once lenghtened by about 50 metres. This ferry was also lenghtened by Tor Line in 1977, where the Vlissingen Shipyards added 26,7 metres to the original hull. As long as it’s common to this type of ferries, her career was divided between a great number of operators, including Fred. Olsen , Bore Line, Grimaldi and Sea-Link. After some years as the “Assi Scan Link” was sold to Gorthon’s company Rederi AB Transatlantic, engaged in sea crossings linking the two sides of Atlantic Ocean. Sold in 2006 to Aegean Cargo after the arrival in the Swedish fleet of the new “Transpaper”, was immediately reflagged to St. Vincent & Grenadines without changing her name, joining the fleet without an “Aegean” prefix. Soon chartered to Anek Cargo to deploy Venice cargo services, was then chartered out to Greece to various operators for different services; once during a trip to Barcelona on 21/12/06 she grouded damaging her hull and having a very bad list. After joining the Spanish port avoiding the concrete risk of a sinking, was repaired and re-entered service. The bad luck of this ship anyway continued with a grounding at Nissyros island on 5^th March 2007, where the port side propeller was damaged. Finally renamed as “Aegean Sky” on September 2007, was then chartered to Baltic Sea for a year; returned to Greece, was scrapped in September 2010.

Photo © Apostolos Kaknis, Drapetsona, 11/09/06 #6912

Photo © Apostolos Kaknis, Drapetsona, 13/10/06 #6913

Photo © Apostolos Kaknis, Drapetsona, 14/10/06 #6914

The ship being towed after the Nissyros grounding – Photo © Apostolos Kaknis, Drapetsona, 10/03/07 #7848

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