MS SNAV Toscana
When Peter Wessel Larvikfjord
- Peter Wessel (1984-2008) * Vasa Star (1981-1984) * Gotland (1981 )
IMO no. 7826790
142.32 m
14,919 GRT
19 knots
The SNAV Toscana is a ferry to the Italian shipping company Società Navigazione Alta Velocità ( SNAV ). After its acquisition in October 2007 from the former property of the Norwegian shipping company Color Line it came from 2008 on the route between Civitavecchia and Olbia used. She now runs between Genoa and Porto Torres. The SNAV Toscana has a sister ship, the former Visby, which currently operates under the name Scandinavia for Polferries.
History
The ship was (Sweden) built for the shipping company AB Gotland Gotland in 1981 as the Öresundsvarvet AB in Landskrona. However, the ferry was chartered before the first expiry of the Oy Vasa Umeå AB and got the name Vasa Star. There they operated the route Sundsvall and Umea Vaasa or and took on 25 June 1981 on service.
In 1983 the ferry was chartered by the Greek shipping company Karageorgis Line, which, however, failed to Zahlungsuneinigkeiten. So the ship was finally sold to the Larvik Line, which operated until 1988 as A / S Larvik - Frederikshavn Ferjen, and served as its fourth ship under the name of Peter Wessel, which she received in March 1984, the traditional route between Larvik in Norway and Frederikshavn in Denmark. The ship was named after the Norwegian naval hero Peter Wessel Tordenskiold. Her home port was Larvik.
In 1988 the ferry at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg was rebuilt and extended to 22.5 m. When remodeling additional cabins were built. The passenger capacity of the ship rose from 2,072 to 2,100 passengers, the number of beds from 1,142 to 1,818. The number of transported vehicles was increased from 510 to 570 cars
Since 1997, the ferry was in the service of the Color Line, which took over the route and the Peter Wessel of the Larvik Line. Since April 2006, she ran between Larvik and the Danish port of Hirtshals. In April 2008, the ferry on their route was initially replaced by Christian IV, the Super Speed 2 was followed in June 2008.
On 19 October 2007 the Color Line has signed a contract with the shipping company MSC on the sale of Peter Wessel. The purchase price amounted to 25 million euros, or around 200 million Norwegian kroner. The ship is used since 2008 by SNAV under the name SNAV Toscana in the Mediterranean and serves the route between Genoa and Porto Torres.
Incidents
As Wasa Star ferry ran on 14 February 1982, Holmsund due. Leaks in the tanks required a repair in Helsinki and a final repair finally in Kiel at HDW.
On 27 June 1986, the Peter Wessel collided east of Skagen with the Sydfjord, a Panamanian ship that sank then. The crew of this ship could be saved from the Peter Wessel.
On 22 March 2007 broke out against 6:40 clock a fire in a control panel. The passengers were called in one of the restaurants on board. Danger for them did not exist, according to the shipping company. A crew member was flown as a result of smoke inhalation suffered in a helicopter for medical treatment to Aalborg. The ferry was towed to the port of Frederikshavn, which they reached on the morning of the following day. You could enter service again until April 26, 2007 after extensive repairs to the on-board electrics.