MV Kalama
History | |
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Name: | MV Kalama |
Owner: | WSDOT |
Operator: | Washington State Ferries |
Port of registry: | Seattle, Washington, United States |
Completed: | 1989 |
Out of service: | 2009 |
Identification: |
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Name: | Kalama |
Operator: | Seagull Sea Transport (Zanzibar)[2] |
Port of registry: | Zanzibar (October 25, 2011–)[2] |
Route: | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania–Unguja Island, Zanzibar |
Acquired: | c. 2011 |
In service: | c. 2011 |
Out of service: | July 26, 2012 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Skagit/Kalama Class passenger ferry |
Length: | 112 ft (34.1 m) |
Beam: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Draft: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Installed power: | Total 2,840 hp from 4 diesel engines |
Capacity: | 250 passengers[3] |
The MV Kalama was a Skagit/Kalama Class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries (WSF). The Sagit and Kalama were constructed in 1989 at Halter Marine in New Orleans, Louisiana.[4] Along with the Skagit, she operated the Seattle-Vashon Island passenger-only service. In 2006 WSF was directed to end its passenger-only service, and in 2011 the Kalama and Skagit were sold. The vessels were transported to Tanzania to provide service between the mainland and Zanzibar.[5]
Kalama was ordered taken out of service by the Zanzibar government after the loss of Skagit in 2012.[6]
References
- ↑ The Monohull ferries - M/V Kalama, evergreenfleet.com
- 1 2 "Zanzibar tightens marine safety", The Guardian, Tanzania: IPP Media, July 24, 2012, retrieved 2013-10-16
- ↑ Vessel information - M/V Kalama, WSF, WSDOT
- ↑ Drake, Shawn. "MV SKAGIT, Former U.S. Ferry Capsizes Off Tanzanian Coast". Maritime Matters. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ↑ Washington ferries destined for Tanzania, Washington State Department of Transportation, Friday, February 18, 2011. Accessed 18 February 2011.
- ↑ ISSA YUSSUF (27 July 2012), "Tanzania: From the Zanzibar House of Reps", Tanzania Daily News, retrieved 2013-10-16
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