MV Kalama

History
Name: MV Kalama
Owner: WSDOT
Operator: Washington State Ferries
Port of registry: Seattle, Washington,  United States
Completed: 1989
Out of service: 2009
Identification:
  • Official Number: D949139
  • Call Sign: WAA6310[1]
 
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

  1. The Monohull ferries - M/V Kalama, evergreenfleet.com
  2. 1 2 "Zanzibar tightens marine safety", The Guardian, Tanzania: IPP Media, July 24, 2012, retrieved 2013-10-16
  3. Vessel information - M/V Kalama, WSF, WSDOT
  4. Drake, Shawn. "MV SKAGIT, Former U.S. Ferry Capsizes Off Tanzanian Coast". Maritime Matters. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  5. Washington ferries destined for Tanzania, Washington State Department of Transportation, Friday, February 18, 2011. Accessed 18 February 2011.
  6. ISSA YUSSUF (27 July 2012), "Tanzania: From the Zanzibar House of Reps", Tanzania Daily News, retrieved 2013-10-16


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