MV Serengeti
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Name | MV Serengeti |
Namesake | Serengeti |
Operator | Marine Services Company Limited |
Completed | 1988[1] |
Homeport | Mwanza, Tanzania |
General characteristics | |
Type | passenger and cargo ship |
Tonnage | 975 GT[1] |
Length | 55.6 m (182 ft)[1] |
Beam | 11.7 m (38 ft)[1] |
Draught | 2.76 m (9 ft 1 in)[1] |
Ramps | bow[1] |
Propulsion | diesel |
Capacity |
MV Serengeti is a Lake Victoria passenger and cargo ship operated by the Marine Services Company Limited of Mwanza, Tanzania.
Serengeti has a ramp in her bow for road vehicle access.[1] In design she is a vehicular and passenger ferry, but MSC operates her in tramp trade.[1]
She was built in 1988 for the Tanzania Railways Corporation Marine Division. In 1997 the Marine Division became a separate company, Marine Services Company Ltd.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "MV. Serengeti". Vessels. Marine Services Company Limited. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
- ^ "Home". Marine Services Company Limited. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.