MV Finlandia Seaways
Ex Tor Finlandia, Finnreel, Finnmaid
© Gena Anfimov (Klaipeda, 30/08/2020)
Steel single screw motor vessel built in 2000 by Jinling Shipyard, Yanjiang Road 55#, Nanjing, Xiaguan District. China (Yard No 702) as a Roll-On/Roll-Off carrier
Technical Data
- Length: 162.58 m (overall) m (between perpendiculars)
Breadth: 20.62 m
Depth: 13.80 m
Draught: 6.70 m
Tonnage: 11530 gross/3459 net/8702t deadweight (Summer)
Engines: 1 x MAN-B&W 12V48/60 – 4 stroke single acting 12 cylinder
Power: 12.600 kW/17.131 bhp
Speed: 20.0 knots (Service)
Capacity: 12 passengers/391 x 20 ft containers/50 Reefer Plugs/1891 lane meters
Call Sign: ZQFW2, LYTC, OZCL2
MMSI Number: 219027995 - IMO Number: 9198721
Port of Registry: London/United Kingdom 🇬🇧, Klaipeda/Lithuania 🇱🇹, Copenhagen/Denmark 🇩🇰
Sister Ships: Finnhawk (704), Finnkraft (703), Finnmaster (701)
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History
“One of a series of 4 “8050DWT” RoRo Paper/Trailer Carriers built between 2000 – 2001, for Nordic Forest, Sweden”
May 20th 1999: Keel laid.
October 28th 1999: Launched.
August 28th 2000: Completed as FINNMAID for Nordic Forest Terminals AB, London, England.
September 21st 2000: Arrived in Finland.
September 2000: Chartered to Finncarriers Oy AB, Helsinki, Finland and renamed FINNREEL.
September 26th 2000: Services between Helsinki – Rauma – Hull.
March 14th 2001: Following a technical fault, ran aground 2.5 nautical miles off Rauma. Repaired in Gothenburg.
May 13th 2005: Sold to Parline RoRo KS, Norway.
© Aleksi Lindström (Helsinki bound for Hull, 26/03/2007)
March 17th 2008: Sold to DFDS Tor Line.
January 23rd 2009: Final journey for Finnlines between Rauma – Hull.
January 2009: Registered to Tor Finlandia Shipping Ltd, Klaipeda, (DFDS Tor Line (Lisco), Lithuania and renamed TOR FINLANDIA.
© Cees De Bijl (Rotterdam-Maasvlakte, 14/02/2009)
February 2009: Services Rotterdam – Immingham.
© Andreas Wörteler (Rotterdam, 09/10/2010)
November 27th 2012: Registered to Ab DFDS Seaways, Klaipeda, Lithuania.
December 20th 2012: Renamed FINLANDIA SEAWAYS.
© Simonwp (Immingham, 18/06/2013)
2014: Services Rosyth – Zeebrugge
April 2014 – June 2014: Services Cuxhaven – Immingham
June 2014 – April 2018: Services Rosyth – Zeebrugge
January 2016: Registered to DFDS Seaways Ab Lithuania, Klaipeda, Lithuania.
June 2016: Installation of an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) “Scrubber” which was retrofitted in the existing funnel.
April 16th 2018: Fire broke out in the engine room. An injured crew member was airlifted to hospital, where he was treated for injuries caused by smoke inhalation. She was towed to Immingham where the cargo was unloaded, then towed to Fayard, Odense for repair (engine replacement).
November 2018: Returned after repair.
November 13th 2018: Returned to service Cuxhaven – Immingham.
February 2019: Services Brevik – Halden – Frederikstad – Brevik – Immingham – Zeebrugge
© Gena Anfimov (Klaipeda, 30/08/2020)
December 17th 2020: Registered to DFDS A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2020 – July 2020: Services Klaipeda – Kiel before returning to Cuxhaven services.
October 2020: Services Karlshamn – Klaipeda.
January 3rd 2023: Services Fredericia – Koge – Klaipeda.
June 2022: ARK Charter (Maritime transport of military materiel and equipment in connection with NATO preparedness)
March 13th 2023: Left Koge.
March 17th 2023: Arrived Sheerness.
March 17th 2023: Took up service Sheerness – Calais.
© Julien Carpentier (Calais, 17/03/2023)
May 2023: ARK Charter
August 2023: Services Immingham – Cuxhaven
September 12th 2023: Came off service at Cuxhaven
September 13th 2023: Sailed to Calais as relief for BOTNIA SEAWAYS.
September 14th 2023: Arrived Calais and took up service Calais – Tilbury.
© Julien Carpentier (Calais, 29/09/2023)
October 20th 2023: Came off service at Calais. To be replaced by BOTNIA SEAWAYS (returned from refit)
October 22nd 2023: Left Calais for Rotterdam.
November 3rd 2023: Left Rotterdam.
November 7th 2023: Arrived Klaipeda to take up services Klaipeda – Koge – Fredericia.
December 11th 2023: Came off service at Koge and, initially, showed destination as Calais.
December 14th 2023: News that she was to undertake berthing trials in Jersey
“The trial has been commissioned by the government as part of plans to make the island’s supply links more resilient.”
December 16th 2023: Called at St Helier, Jersey.
December 16th 2023: Called at St Peter Port, Guernsey.
© Tony Rive (St Peter Port, 16/12/2023)
December 17th 2023: Arrived Dunkerque West.
January 26th 2024: Left Dunkerque for Klaipeda.
January 29th 2024: Arrived Klaipeda.
February 12th 2024: Arrived Emden.
February 16th 2024: Arrived Eemshaven
February 25th 2024: Left Eemshaven for Cuxhaven.
February 26th 2024: Arrived Cuxhaven.
March 4th 2024: Took up services Cuxhaven – Immingham.
March 18th 2024: Sailed to Narvik.
June 2024: Services Cuxhaven – Immingham.
🆕 © Simonwp (Immingham, 26/06/2024)(Left) 🆕 © MarcusS (Cuxhaven, 26/06/2024) (Right)
October 15th 2024: Arrived Gothenburg
October 19th 2024: Arrived Esbjerg
November 21st 2024: Return trip Esbjerg – Immingham – Esbjerg
October 4th 2024: Arrived Orkanger, Norway.
December 5th 2024:
” Employed on ARK Charter. With 23 people on board, ran aground north of Kopervik in Rogaland, while en-route from Orkanger to Gdynia (with military equipment to secure an airport near the Ukrainian border) due to rudder problems amid strong winds. The ferry got stuck 400 metres from the shore in Karmsundet, southeast of the Hydro Aluminum plant on Karmøy. in pos 59° 18.15′ N 005° 19.4 E. A slight water ingress could be controlled. A reception was set up at the Hydro factory in the event of an evacuation of the ship, which was not required. The tugs BORGOY and BB SERVER as well as the patrol vessel BERGEN were on scene. Also a rescue helicopter and the NSSR-lifeboat HORN RESCUE attended the scene. After the ferry was re-floated, it was taken back to Haugesund, where it was berthed on Dec 6 at 3.30 a.m. UTC.”
All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Gena Anfimov, Cees De Bijl, Julien Carpentier, Aleksi Lindström, Tony Rive, MarcusS, Simonwp and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)