MV VIZZAVONA
Ex Euroferry Corfu, Finneagle, Stena Seapacer 2.
© Carsten Dettmer (Bastia, 17/19/2024)
Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1999 by Astilleros Españoles, Puerto, Spain Real (Yard No 79) as Passenger/Ro-Ro Ship (vehicles) ship.
Technical Data
- Length: 188.3 m (overall) 170 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 28.7 m
- Depth: 15.1 m
- Draught: 6.21 m
- Tonnage: 29841 – 30144 gross/9452 net/8383t deadweight
- Engines: 4 x Sulzer 8ZAL40S diesels
- Power: 23050 kW/HP
- Speed: 22.0 knots
- Capacity: 440 – 800 passengers/2459 lane meters
- Call Sign: OJPY, SKUH, IBTT, FLBX
- MMSI Number: 228358800
- IMO Number: 9138006
- RI Number: 88165
- Port of Registry: Helsinki/Finland 🇫🇮, Stockholm/Sweden , Helsinki/Finland 🇫🇮, Palermo/Italy 🇮🇹, Marseille/ France 🇫🇷,
- Sister-Ship: Finnclipper (78), Stena Britannica (80), Stena Hollandica (81)
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History
The second of four SEAPACER class roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) and passenger (RoPax) ferries
October 6th 1995: Ordered by Stena Ferries Ltd., London as STENA SEAPACER 2.
June 25th 1997: Agreement between Stena Lines and Finnlines that she would be sold to Finnlines who would take over the ship upon delivery.
June 26th 1997: Keel laid.
April 18th 1998: Launched.
October 5th 1999: Delivered to Youngstar Ltd, Ireland and taken over by Stena Ferries Ltd, London.
October 5th 1999: Bareboat chartered by Stena Rederi Ab, Göteborg.
October 5th 1999: Sold to Poseidon Schiffahrt AG, Lübeck, Germany (Finnlines Plc, Lübeck, Germany.
October 14th 1999; Arrived Travemunde.
October 17th 1999: Arrived Lubeck for completion.
October 29th 1999: Registered to Ab Finnlines Ltd, Stockholm.
October 30th 1999: Left Lubeck for Finland.
November 1st 1999: Services Naantali – Kapellskar.
November 2002: Management, Rederi Ab Nordö-Link, Malmo.
July 18th 2005 – July 24th 2005: Repaired in Kapellskar.
June 29th 2006: Suffered rudder failure just before departure from Kapellskär.
June 30th 2006: Returned to service.
© Aleksi Lindstrom (Naantali, 21/04/2007)
November 14th 2007: Sold to Finnlines AbP, Helsinki, Finland.
January 14th 2009 – January 23rd 2009: Refit in Fredericia.
April 10th 2009: Final service between Kapellskär – Naantali.
April 15th 2009: Services between Travemünde – Malmö.
© Marcus Schröder (Travemunde, 04/07/2009)
© Dirk Jankowsky (Travemunde, 08/01/2011)
March 10th 2011: Last service Malmö – Travemünde.
March 11th 2011: Single trip Travemünde – Helsinki.
March 14th 2011: Services Naantali – Kapellskär.
September 2nd 2011: Last service between Naantali – Kapellskär.
September 2nd 2011: Single trip Turku – Travemünde
September 4th 2011: Services Travemünde – Malmö.
December 25th 2011 – January 10th 2012: Refit in Gdansk.
October 2nd 2012: Arrived Rostock.
October 4th 2012; Services Rostock – Helsinki.
October 9th 2012: Damaged her upper ramp during unloading in Rostock and a trailer got stuck. A crane was called in and lifted the trailer away.
October 10th 2012: Single trip Rostock – Gdynia – Helsinki.
November 11th 2012; Services Naantali – Kapellskär.
October 1st 2013: Initiated services Naantali – Långnäs – Kapellskär (only Monday – Friday), weekends Naantali – Kapellskär.
June 12th 2014: Ran aground off Kapellskär, but refloated.
August 14th 2015: Last Naantali – Långnäs – Kapellskär.
August 15th 2015: Services Hanko – Rostock.
© Aleksi Lindstrom (Hanko, 22/08/2015)
September 2015: Services Travemünde – Malmö.
October 19th 2015 – November 8th 2015: Services Nådendal – Långnäs – Kapellskär.
November 8th 2015: Chartered to Grimaldi and left Nådendal for Raumo.
November 10th 2015: Left Raumo for El Ferrol via Flushing
November 22nd 2015: Arrived Salerno.
November 24th 2015: Services Salerno – Catania.
January 5th 2016: Arrived Rostock.
January 9th 2016; Left Rostock for Helsinki.
January 11th 2016: Left Helsinki for Hangö.
January 11th 2016: Services Hangö – Gdynia.
February 1st 2016: Left Hangö for Nådendal.
February 2nd 2016: Services Naantali – Långnäs – Kapellskär (not Långnäs during the weekend).
July 7th 2016: Final service Kapellskär – Långnäs – Nådendal.
July 7th 2016: Left Nådendal for Tanger Med (via Vlissingen).
July 15th 2016: Arrived Tanger Med.
July 16th 2016 – October 7th 2016: Grimaldi Lines services Tanger – Barcelona.
October 7th 2016: Left Tanger for Nådendal (via Vlissingen).
October 17th 2016: Services Nådendal – Långnäs – Kapellskär.
March 28th 2017: Left Kapellskär for Gdansk to be converted, including scrubbers and extra passenger space
May 24th 2017: Left Gdansk for Savona.
June 1st 2017: Arrived Savona.
June 2nd 2017: Chartered to Grimaldi for services Savona – Barcelona – Tanger Med.
September 15th 2017: Charter completed and left Savona (via Sagunto) for refit at Gdansk.
September 25th 2017: Arrived Remontowa, Gdansk.
© Goran Olsson (Helsingborg, 21/09/2017)
October 4th 2017: Sold to Grimaldi Euromed S.P.A. Palermo, Italy.
October 11th 2017: Taken over by her new owners and renamed EUROFERRY CORFU.
October 20th 2017: Left Gdansk for Savona.
October 28th 2017: Arrived Savona.
November 4th 2017: Services Savona – Barcelona – Tanger Med.
December 7th 2017: Services Brindisi – Igoumenitsa – Patras.
© Marc Pingoud (Brindisi, 28/04/2018)
May 22nd 2018: Left Patras for Marseille.
May 24th 2018: Arrived Marseille and went to shipyard..
May 2018: Chartered to Corsica Linea.
May 30th 2018: Renamed VIZZAVONA.
June 3rd 2018: Completed drydocking.
June 4th 2018: Left for Ajaccio, where she was officially delivered to Corsica Linea
June 2018: Services Marseille – Korsika/ Marseille – Tunis/Alger.
September 28th 2018: Laid up in Marseille.
October 8th 2018: Charttered to NATO and left Marseille for La Rochelle to load military equipment.
October 17th 2018: Left La Rochelle for Fredrikstad, Norway.
November 25th 2018: Charter completed and resumed service for Corsica Linea.
November 27th 2018: To Chantier Naval de Marseille (CNdM) shipyard’s (CNS) dock yesterday to carry out maintenance and drydocking work.
© Nicolas Lévy (29/07/2020)
March 28th 2023: Arrived Livorno owing to National Strike in France.
February 10th 2024: Returned to Marseille.
February 12th 2024: Services Marseille – Bastia.
© Malcolm Cranfield (Propriano, 04/10/2025)
September 11th 2024: Dry docked in Marseille
September 24th 2024: Services Ajaccio – Bastia lines, only to be replaced by the PAGLIA ORBA.
January 4th 2025: Took up services Marseille – Propriano.
February 2nd 2025: Services Marseille – Bastia and Marseille – Ajaccio.
February 10th 2025: Laid up in Marseille.
March 17th 2025: Services Marseille – Propriano.
© Nicolas Lévy (23/07/2025)
March 2027 – October 2028: Anticipated charter to Brittany Ferries for weekly service Portsmouth – Cherbourg. She will be renamed WEXFORD.
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Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
Interesting why Brittany Ferries are selling their own, newer vessel Cotentin and chartering in this ship. Grant you lane meterage and passenger capacity are higher but in the former not significantly so. I can only presume it’s all down to economics.
In the face of a rising tax burden, Covid loan repayments, cost-of-living concerns among passengers and unfair competition on the Eastern Channel, Brittany Ferries is taking steps to adapt to a new reality.
It says difficult decisions are necessary to manage the future. A project has been initiated to allocate resources more efficiently, including consolidating services where necessary and operating with a cleaner and more efficient fleet.
The world has moved on from Covid for most people and businesses. For Brittany Ferries however, the long tail of the crisis continues. It is proud to have repaid half the loan allocated to save the company during the health crisis already, but half is still outstanding.
Into this mix has been thrown the rising tax burden of ETS, the EU’s Emission Trading System. Brittany Ferries has invested in the cleanest, greenest fleet on the Channel, including five new vessels in five years, two of which were launched in 2025.
Despite this, the company faces a bill of some €27 million in 2026, with no allowance for the industry-leading investment already made. That’s an EU financial burden even before the UK begins to introduce an equivalent scheme for ships operating in British waters.
https://brittanyferriesnewsroom.com/brittany-ferries-says-it-must-adapt-to-a-new-world-2/