MV Otto
Ex Ulfat, Ulfet, West Express, Merchant Bravery, Jolly Giallo, Norwegian Crusader, Jolly Giallo, Stevi
© Christian Eckardt (Bremerhaven, 22/06/2007)
Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1978 by Nylands Verksted, Oslo, Norway (Yard No 792) as a RoRo – Cargo.
Technical Data
- Length: 134.75 m (overall)122.74 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 21.04 m
- Depth: 12.22 m
- Draught: 5.031m
- Tonnage: 2999 – 5309 gross/1242 net/ 5290 – 5238t deadweight
- Engines: 2 Vee Oil 4SA x MaK 12M453AK diesels
- Power: 6620 kW/9000 bHP
- Speed: 17.0 knots
- Capacity: 12 passengers/1272 lane meters/TEU 448
- Call Sign: IBUJ, LHOU, HUGE, C6LV4, 6YRH4, XUCA4, 5IM714, 9OJM, TJMC3
- IMO Number: 7724253
- Official Number (LR 1982 – 1983): 19254
- Port of Registry: Oslo/Norway 🇳🇴, Naples/Italy 🇮🇹, Nassau/Bahamas 🇧🇸, Montego Bay/Jamaica 🇯🇲, Phnom Penh/Cambodia 🇰🇭, Matadi/Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇬, Zanzibar/Tanzania 🇹🇿, Douala/Cameroon 🇨🇲
- Sister-Ship: Norwegian Challenger (43), Norwegian Conqueror (796)
History
February 20th 1978: Keel laid.
September 15th 1978: Launched as STEVI.
December 30th 1978: Delivered to Steineger & Wiik, Norway and chartered to Norient Line, Norway.
1978: Services Hamburg – Bremerhaven – Rotterdam – Antwerp – Jeddah – Singapore – Hong Kong – Keelung – Busan – Tokyo.
1980: Chartered to Ignazio Messina & C. S.p.A., Naples, Italy and renamed JOLLY GIALLO for services in the Mediterranean.
1982: Charter completed and renamed NORWEGIAN CRUSADER.
1982: Sold to Ignazio Messina & C. S.p.A., Naples, Italy and renamed JOLLY GIALLO for services in the Mediterranean.
© Carlo Martinelli (La Spezia, 14/05/1992)
1993: Sold to Merchant Ferries, Heysham and renamed MERCHANT BRAVERY for services Heysham – Warrenpoint.
© Simonwp (Liverpool, 01/11/1994)
November 1st1995: Services Heysham – Dublin.
© Simonwp (Heysham, December 1995) (Left) © Ian Collard (Right)
1998: Sold to Cenargo, Nassau, Bahamas.
April 2002: Norse Merchant Ferries.
2003: Sold to Proofband, Nassau, Bahamas.
November 15th 2004: Sold to Bravery International Shipping, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
© Dogan (Heysham, 05/05/2006)
© Simonwp (Kiel Canal, 2006)
March 2007: Chartered to Scandlines.
March 22nd 2007 – April 3rd 2007: Services Aarhus – Aabenraa – Klaipeda.
2007: Chartered to NISCO.
© Christian Eckardt (Bremerhaven, 22/06/07)(Both)
2008: Services Barcelona – Algeria.
© Angel Luis Godar Moreira (Barcelona, 31/01/2008) (Both)
April 2008: Sold to West Express Shipping A/S, Nassau, Bahamas.
May 2008: Arrived Algeciras.
May 9th 2008: Renamed WEST EXPRESS.
© Pascal (Marseille, May 2009)
May 18th 2008: Chartered to Seatruck Ferries for services Heysham – Warrenpoint.
May 22nd 2008: Services Liverpool – Dublin.
June 16th 2008 – January 2009: Services Heysham – Warrenpoint.
© Neill Rush (03/10/2008)
January 9th 2009 – January 12th 2009: Chartered to IoSMP & Co Douglas, Isle Of Man for services Douglas – Heysham.
March 2009: Left for the Mediterranean Sea.
April 2009: MISA, Beirut, Lebanon services Marseille – Algeria.
July 2009: Laid up in Gibraltar.
© Daniel Ferro (Gibraltar, 20/08/2009) (Left) (Gibraltar, 04/09/2009) (Right)
2010: Sold to Reserved Capital Ent Co, Phnom Penh, Cambodia and renamed ULFET.
2012: Rebuilt as a train ferry and renamed ULFAT.
2012: Black Sea services.
January 2015: Manager: Technoteammarine LLC
© evgenii 10 (Kerch Strait, 04/08/2016)
January 26th 2019: Renamed OTTO for Owner: Shega Trans SA. Manager: Shega-Group SA.
January 30th 2020: Arrived Aliaga Anchorage.
January 31st 2020: Beached for scrapping.
© Selim San
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: Ian Collard, evgenii 10, Daniel Ferro, Angel Luis Godar Moreira, Carlo Martinelli, Pascal, Neill Rush, Simonwp and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
