The RO/RO I'm currently sailing on. She sails between the North & South island in New Zealand. The ship visits Wellington & Picton on weekdays, and Nelson on weekends.

M.V. Kent
Call Sign: ZM 2101
Built: Ishikawajima Ship & Chemical Plant Co. Tokyo, Japan – 1977
Build number: 490
Keel laid: 17th February 1977
Official number: 3997439
IMO number: 7627950
Managed by: Strait Shipping Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand

Loa: 122.94 metres
Breadth: 21.04 metres
Draught: 4.762 metres
Class: Lloyds register
Gross Tonnage: 6862 tonnes
NRT: 2058 tonnes
Deadweight: 3526 tonnes
Propulsion: Diesel – twin screw
Propellers: Four bladed C.P.P.
Engine make: 2 x IHI S.E.M.T. Pielstick 12PA6V
Engine rating: 2 x 3600 BHP or (2 x 2684 KW)
900 RPM (No critical RPM)
Total engine output: 7200 BHP or 5296 KW
Speed: 15.0 kts
Freight capacity: 1100 lane metres
Previous names: ex Admiral Caribe - 1977, ex Admiral Nigeria - 1979, ex Admiral Caribe - 1982, ex Saint Remy - 1986, ex Duke of Anglia - 1990, ex Maersk Anglia 2000, ex Maersk Kent - 2001
Sister ships: El Salam 89, Magallanes