MV Tanger Express
Ex Mette Mols
© Manuel Hernández Lafuente (Algeciras, 06/07/2024)
Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1996 by Orskov Christensens Staalskibsvaerft A/S – Frederikshavn (Yard No 192) as a Passenger ferry.
Technical Data
- Length: 136.4 m (overall) 125.3 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 23 m
- Depth: 13.85 m
- Draught: 6.0 m
- Tonnage: 14379 gross/4313 net/4030t deadweight
- Engines: (1) 2T x 9 cyl MAN-B&W 9L35MC diesels.
- Power: 11700kW/15895bHP
- Speed: 20 knots
- Capacity: 616 passengers/344 cars/1240 lane meters
- Call Sign: OZJJ, 5BKE3, CNA4608
- MMSI Number: 242127100
- IMO Number: 9112777
- BV Number: 39U624
- Port of Registry: Ebeltot/Denmark 🇩🇰, Limassol/Cyprus 🇨🇾, Tangier/Morocco 🇲🇦
- Sister-Ship: Maren Mols (191)
Current AIS Location
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History
March 1996: Launched.
April 19th 1996: Christened
June 28th 1996: Delivered to Mols Linien A/S, Ebeltoft, Denmark.
July 1st 1996: Services Sjaellands Odde – Ebeltoft.
© Pieter Inpyn (Sjaellands Odde, Denmark, June 1997)
© Pieter Inpyn (Ebeltoft, Denmark, June 1999)
December 30th 1999: Final day between Sjaelands Odde – Ebeltoft.
January 3rd 2000: Services Arhus – Kalundborg.
© Simonwp (01/07/2003)
© Fotoflite (18/10/2005)
July 5th 2011: Sold to FRS GmbH & Co KG, Flensburg, Germany for delivery in July 2011.
July 22nd 2011: Final day in service Arhus – Kalundborg.
July 25th 2011: Reportedly sold to Baltic Shipping Company Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus and renamed TANGER EXPRESS. Operator FRS Iberia S.L..
August 18th 2011: Left Arhus for Bremerhaven.
© Dirk Jankowsky (Kiel, 18/08/2011)
© Simonwp (Kiel Canal, September 2011)(Both)
August 19th 2011: Arrived Bredo Yard, Bremerhaven for rebranding.
© Andreas Wörteler (Bremerhaven, 19/11/2011)
November 2011: Left Bremerhaven for Algeciras.
November 25th 2011: Arrived Algeciras.
December 2012: Tanger Express Shipping Cie. for services Algeciras – Tanger.
© Daniel Ferro (Gibraltar, 16/05/2015)
© Daniel Ferro (Algeciras, 16/06/2017)
October 2017: Owner: Red Fish Speedlines SARL.
© Vladimir Knyaz (Algeciras, 31/05/2021)
January 2024: FRS Iberia/Maroc became part of DFDS.
May 15th 2024: To dry dock in Gibraltar for rebranding.
© Daniel Ferro (Heading towards Gibraltar’s Number 2 drydock, 15/05/2024)
June 6th 2024: Left Gibraltar and sailed to Algeciras to resume service Algeciras – Tanger, Morocco.
© Tony Davis (08/06/2024)
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: Tony Davis, Daniel Ferro, Fotoflite, Pieter Inpyn, Dirk Jankowsky, Vladimir Knyaz, Manuel Hernández Lafuente, Simonwp and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
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