MV GNV Sealand
Ex Scottish Viking
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Steel twin screw “NAOS 270” motor vessel built in 2009 by Cantiere Navale Visentini di Visentini Francesco & Co, Porto Viro yard, Italy (Yard No 221) as a Passenger Roll on – Roll off cargo ferry.
Technical Data
- Length: 186.46m (overall) 177.4m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 25.6m
- Depth: 15.0m
- Draught: 6.8m
- Tonnage: 26,904 gross/9,000 net/7000t deadweight
- Engines: (2) 4T 9-cylinder MAN/B&W 9L48/60B diesels
- Power: 21600kW/29348HP
- Speed: 24.0 knots
- Capacity: 800 passengers, 195 cars
- Call Sign: IBDZ
- MMSI Number: 247265800
- IMO Number: 9435454
- RI Number: 84512
- Port of Registry: Bari/Italy 🇮🇹, Venice/Italy 🇮🇹
- Sister Ships: Akeman Street (222), Norman Voyager (220)
Current AIS Location
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History
December 19th 2007: Keel laid
December 10th 2008: Launched
April 15th 2009: Delivered as SCOTTISH VIKING to Ermine Street Shipping Ltd (Epic Shipping), London, England.
May 2009: Chartered to Norfolkline.
May 13th 2009: Berthing trials in Zeebrügge.
© Bram Provost (Zeebrugge, 13/05/2009)
May 18th 2009: Services Zeebrügge – Rosyth.
© Philippe Holthof (Zeebrugge, 18/05/2009)
© Mike Louagie (Zeebrügge, 15/07/2009)
September 2009: Sold to Visemar Di Navigazione SRL, Porto Viro and chartered to Norfolkline.
© Simonwp (Zeebrugge, 01/06/2010)
July 12th 2010: Norfolkline sold to DFDS Seaways.
December 14th 2010: Last day of service between Rosyth – Zeebrugge.
December 2010: DFDS Seaways charter completed.
December 24th 2010 – December 27th 2010: Left Zeebrügge for Ventspils.
© Ulrich Streich (25/12/2010)
© Ulrich Streich (Elbe, 25/12/2010)
January 3rd 2011: Chartered to Scandlines.
January 3rd 2011: Services Ventspils – Nynäshamn.
© Simonwp (Nynashamn, July 2011)
© Dirk Jankowsky (Nynäshamn, 13/07/2011) x2
October 11th 2012: Vessel and route taken over by Stena Line.
© Simonwp (Nynashamn, 01/07/2012)
© Simonwp (Nynashamn, 01/06/2013)
April 10th 2014 – April 11th 2014: Left Gdansk shipyard for Travemünde.
April 12th 2014 – April 14th 2014: Left Travemünde for Ventspils.
April 15th 2014: Services Ventspils – Nynäshamn.
December 5th 2016: Left Nynäshamn for Gdansk.
December 6th 2016: Arrived Remontowa, Gdansk for refit.
December 21st 2016: Services Nynäshamn – Ventspils.
© Carsten Dettmer (Nynashamn, 26/07/2017)
September 17th 2018: Arrived Gdansk for overhaul.
October 9th 2018: Resumed service Nynäshamn – Ventspils.
© Carsten Dettmer (Ventspils. 18/07/2019)
September 29th 2020 – October 7th 2020: Off service with technical problems.
November 9th 2020: Transferred to Norvik, Nynäshamn (new port) – Ventspils.
January 14th 2021: Chartered to GNV, Italy starting in early May.
April 16th 2021: Final day in service Nynäshamn – Ventspils.
April 16th 2021: Left Ventspils for Gdansk.
April 28th 2021: Renamed GNV SEALAND.
May 1st 2021: Left Gdansk for Genoa.
© Manuel Hernández Lafuente (Valencia, 04/07/2021)
December 28th 2021: In bad weather in Ibiza, broke free of her moorings and collided with VOLCAN DE TIJARAFFE.
2022: Services Valencia – Ibiza – Palma De Mallorca.
© Manuel Hernández Lafuente (Valencia, 28/03/2022)
2023: Service Barcelona – Ibiza and Barcelona – Mahon (Suns + Palma)
September 2023: Services Valencia – Palma
© Gordon Dalzell (Palma, 13/09/2023)
October 15th 2023: Refit in Malta plus fitting of “exhaust scrubbers.
February 25th 2024: Made two trips Genoa – Palermo then Genoa – Barcelona.
February 26th 2024: Services Barcelona-Palma de Mallorca route.
March 29th 2024: Services Barcelona – Mahon and Barcelona – Ibiza lines.
April 28th 2024: Services Genoa – Palermo, Genoa – Malta and Genoa – Palermo – Malta.
May 20th 2024: Services Valencia – Palma and Barcelona – Palma lines, replacing TENACIA.
© Manuel Hernández Lafuente (Valencia, 18/06/2024)
© Dogan (Palma, 04/10/2024)
© Gerolf Drebes (Palma, 17/10/2024)
November 11th 2024: Arrive Naples and laid up.
December 21st 2024: Services Barcelona – Palma with a few calls to Valencia.
July 7th 2025: Transferred to Barcelona – Ibiza (Monday – Wednesday – Friday) and Barcelona – Mahon (Tuesday – Thursday) until September 30. Until August 30th an additional route to Mahon is added every Saturday
November 14th 2025: Valletta for overhaul/repairs.
December 18th 2025: Remained in Malta.
December 21st 2025: Services Barcelona – Palma de Mallorca.
March 5th 2026: Fire broke out on the car deck whilst en-route from Mallorca to Barcelona. Once the crew had the fire was under control, the ship resumed its voyage. However, the passengers were not allowed to disembark immediately and had to remain in the same common area where they had been confined. The passengers could not leave the vessel until around 11:00 p.m., when the emergency services who responded to the port had finished assessing the situation.
March 5th 2026: Arrived in Barcelona for damage assessment and necessary repairs.
March 13th 2026: Arrived Tarragona.
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: Gordon Dalzell, Carsten Dettmer, Dogan, Philippe Holthof , Dirk Jankowsky, Manuel Hernández Lafuente, Mike Louagie, Bram Provost, Ulrich Streich, Simonwp and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
