MV Finnwave
© Marcus S (Travemunde, 18/06/2022)
Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 2012 by Jinling Shipyard, Nanjing, China (Yard No 70443) as a Roll-On/Roll-Off cargo vessel.
Technical Data
- Length: 188.38 – 217.77 m (overall) 169.80 – 199.10 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 26.51 m
- Depth: 17.14 m
- Draught: 6.80 – 7.05 m
- Tonnage: 28802 – 33816 gross/ 10145net/10297 – 14498t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x 4 stroke 8 – cylinder Wartsila W8L46F diesels
- Power: 20000 kW/27192 bHP
- Speed: 21.0 knots
- Capacity: 12 passengers/3245 – 4213 lane meters/630 x 20 ft containers/75 Reefer
- Call Sign: OJPT
- MMSI Number: 230632000
- IMO Number: 9468932
- RI Number: 91207
- Port of Registry: Helsinki/Finland 🇫🇮
- Sister-Ship: Finnpulp (705), Finnmill (706), Tor Corona (402), Tor Hafnia (403), Tor Fionia (50404), Tor Jutlandia (50405), Finnbreeze (70438), Finnsea (70439), Finnsky (70440), Finnsun (70441), Finntide (70442)
Current AIS Location
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History
August 4th 2007: Contract date.
December 1st 2008: Keel laid.
April 3rd 2012: Launched.
November 28th 2012: Completed as FINNWAVE for Owner/Manager: Finnlines Northsea SA, Luxemburg (Management Finnlines Plc). Operator: Finnlines Group.
February 2013: Baltic Sea services.
© Aleksi Lindström (Terneuzen, 21/06/2013)
© Simonwp (01/07/2013)(Left) © Simonwp (01/10/2013) (Right)
© Frits Olinga (Eemshaven, 26/04/2014)
January 2018: Lengthened by 30.00m at Remontowa Gdansk, Gdansk.
January 23rd 2018: Left Gdansk bound for Travenmude
January 31st 2018: Returned to service Uusikaupunki /Turku – Travemunde
November 6th 2019: Single trip Nystad – Kapellskar – Naantandal – Nystad.
© Pieter Inpyn (Terneuzen, 28/07/2020)
© Fotoflite (10/09/2020)
November 17th 2022: Took up services Zeebrugge – Rosslare.
© Julien Carpentier (Zeebrugge, 16/07/2023) (Left) © Stephen Brown (Rosslare, 05/05/2024) (Right)
© George Holland (Rosslare Harbour, 19/09/2024)
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