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ARAHURA - IMO 8201454

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Photographer:
Tobias S. Holland [ View profile ]
Captured:
Jan 18, 2015
Title:
Arahura
Photo Category:
Ferries
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May 26, 2020
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3,800 x 2,502

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ARAHURA seen reversing into berth at Wellington, New Zealand. 18/01/2015

ARAHURA completed her final crossing of the Cook Strait on the 30th of July, 2015 after 32 years of service between Wellington and Picton. Three months later, ARAHURA was renamed AHURA and sold for demolition in Alang, India, where she was beached for scrapping on the 3rd of November, 2015. She was replaced by the ferry KAIARAHI - IMO: 9147291.

ARAHURA

Type: Ferry (RORO)
Flag: New Zealand | Port of Registry: Wellington | Call Sign: ZMBS
IMO: 8201454 | MMSI: 512000034
Owner: KiwiRail Ltd. - Auckland, New Zealand | Manager: Interislander - Wellington, New Zealand
Year Built: 1983 | Country of Build: Denmark | Builder: Aalborg Vaerft | Location of Yard: Aalborg
Keel Laid: 16.7.1982 | Launch Date: 18.3.1983 | Date of Completion: 9.11.1983
GT: 12,735 | DWT: 2457
LOA: 148.37 m | LPP: 137 m | Beam: 20.5 m | Depth Moulded (Upper Deck): 11.80 m | Draught: 5.47 m
Capacity: 550 passengers, 45 staff, 125 road vehicles, 12 trucks, 24 wagons
Decks: 9
Fuel Capacity: 450,000 litres | Ballast Capacity: 1,826 m3
Main Engines: 4x Wartsila Vasa 12V32, 4mw diesel engines each coupled to a GEC 3800 kW generator
Propulsion: 4x GEC 3600 kW electric motors driving 2 KaMeWa controllable pitch propellers.
Thrusters: 2x KaMeWa controllable pitch bow thrusters, 800 kW each. Diameter: 3.6 m.
Speed: 20.5 knots

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Current name:
ARAHURA
Current flag:
New Zealand
Home port:
Wellington
Vessel Type:
Rail/vehicles Carrier
Gross tonnage:
12,735 tons
Summer DWT:
2,457 tons

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