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MS Phocine

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Yard number
  
769

Length
  
121 m

Builder
  
Homeport
  
Draft
  
5.3 m

Name
  
Balder Sten 1985Bazias 3 1985 - 1993Sally Euroroute 1993 - 1996Merle 1996 - 2000Dart 3 2000 - 2006Phocine 2006 - 2012

Owner
  
K/S A/S Balder RO/RO No 2 1985Navrom 1985 - 1996Jacobs Holdings 1996 - ????Bid Corp Shipping ???? - 2006Dart 3 Ltd.

Operator
  
K/S A/S Balder RO/RO No 2. 1985Navrom 1985 - 1991Sally Line 1991 - 1996Belfast Freight Ferries 1996 - 2000Dart Line 2000Norse Merchant Ferries 2000 - 2001Dart Line 2001 - 2006Cobelfret Ferries 2006 - 2007Isle of Man Steam Packet Company 2007Cobelfret Ferries 2007 - 2008Seatruck Ferries

Identification
  
IMO Number 8009064Callsign ZCDH2

The Phocine is a ferry owned by Dart 3 Ltd and currently in service with Seatruck Ferries.

History

Phocine was launched in 1985 as Balder Sten, owned by K/S A/S Balder RO/RO No 2. She was sold to Navrom and renamed Bazias 3 in 1985 and operated by them until 1991 when she was chartered to Sally Line, being renamed Sally Euroroute in 1993 and used on the Ramsgate - Ostend route. In 1996 she was sold to Jacobs Holdings (Dart Line) who used her on the Dartford - Vlissingen and Dartford - Zeebrugge routes, renamed Merle and chartered to Belfast Freight Ferries until 2000, when she was renamed Dart 3 and operated by Dart Line. At some point she was sold to Bid Corp Shipping. She was chartered to Norse Merchant Ferries in 2000, and used on the Belfast - Heysham route, returning to Dart Line in 2001. As well as her former routes with Dart Line, she was also used on the Dartford - Dunquerque route. In 2006 she was sold to Dart 3 Ltd., and renamed Phocine on charter to Cobelfret Ferries, being used on the North Killingholme Haven - Zeebrugge route. In 2007 she was on charter to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, returning to Cobelfret later in the year being used on the Ostend - Purfleet and Killingholme - Ostend routes. In 2008 she was chartered by Seatruck Ferries to replace Riverdance, Phocine was herself due to be replaced by Clipper Point when that vessel entered service with Seatruck.

References

MS Phocine Wikipedia


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