Roll-on/roll-off passenger ferry SORRENTO seen on the Southern Marine Shiplift undergoing routine maintenance.
GO POLARIS (IMO: 9577240) nearby.

Location: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | Date: 29/08/2014

SORRENTO operates between the two heads of Port Phillip Bay linking Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula and Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula.

SORRENTO

IMO: 9261853 | MMSI: 503320500
Call Sign: VKV6549 | Flag: Australian
Class & Type: Double-ended, roll-on/roll-off catamaran
Owner & Manager: Peninsula Searoad Transport, Queenscliff, Australia
Designer: Seward Maritime http://www.sewardmaritime.com/
Construction: Steel hulls & decks, steel & aluminium superstructure
Year Built: 2001 | Country of Build: Australia | Builder: Peninsula Searoad Charters Pty. Ltd.
Sub Builder: Southern Marine Shiplift Pty. Ltd. | Location of Yard: Launceston | Date of Completion: 1.07.2001
Length: 61.4 m | LPP: 57 m | Beam: 17.4 m | Depth to Main Deck: 4.5 m | Draught: 2.3 m
GT: 3,200 | DWT: 300
Capacities: Passengers: 700 | Vehicles: Main Deck: 56 cars or a combination of 30 cars & 7 tourist buses or trucks
Mezzanine Deck: 24 Cars | Fuel: 80,000 litres
Main Engines: 2 x Cummins KTA38-M2, 1300hp at 1800rpm
Propulsion Thrusters: 2 x Ulstein Aquamaster US1201 CRP Azimuth
Side Thrusters: 2 x Kamewa Ulstein 45 TV controllable pitch; 300kw/18
Auxiliary Engines Motor: Cummins KTA38/Onan 837 for bow thruster
Generators: 2 x Cummins 6BT 5.9 G2M gensets
Service Speed: 11 knots

Searoad Ferries website: http://www.searoad.com.au/