History | |
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Tanzania | |
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]
History | |
---|---|
Tanzania | |
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]