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May 23
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Two ‘Made-in-Germany’ Ferries Find Very Different Fates

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The Vincenzo Onorato-controlled ferry company Moby has recently parted with two veteran, German-built vessels: MOBY ZAZA and MOBY DREA.

MOBY ZAZA, now reflagged under the San Marino ship register, has been sold to an Asia-based operator and will serve as a floating hotel in the Far East. The new technical manager is Venture Ship Management Europe, part of the Wah Kwong Group of Hong Kong.
This 40-year-old RoPax ship was built in 1982 by A.G. Weser Seebeck Werft and offers capacity for 1,500 passengers and over 1,500 lane metres.

MOBY DREA, by contrast, is destined for dismantling. The vessel has just been delivered to its new owner and is bound for a scrapyard in Aliağa, Turkey. Built in 1975 at Flenderwerke in Germany, the ship has capacity for 1,700 passengers and nearly 1,000 lane metres.

MOBY ZAZA Photo: Pianeta Navi/Wikipedia

MOBY DREA Photo: Lucarelli/Wikipedia

Mar 30
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MOBY ZAZA sold to Atlantis Maritime SA

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A public announcement by the local Coast Guard in Livorno has revealed that the 1982-built RoPax ferry MOBY ZAZA has been sold to a Marshall Islands-based company, Atlantis Maritime SA.

The sale price remains undisclosed, as does the vessel’s future deployment. It is also possible that the ship may be heading for demolition in Turkey.

MOBY ZAZA joined the Onorato-controlled fleet in 2015 and has since operated on routes connecting Italy with various Mediterranean islands.

Built by the German shipyard AG Weser Seebeck Werft, the vessel is 153 metres long, 24 metres wide, has a gross tonnage of 22,000 GT, and can carry over 1,500 passengers and approximately 500 cars.

Apr 06
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SNAV charters MOBY ZAZA for the Ancona-Split route

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The 1982-built ferry MOBY ZAZA has been chartered by SNAV, an MSC company.

During summer she will be deployed on the reopened maritime bridge linking the ports of Ancona in Italy and Split in Croatia.

The Moby ship, which offers 700 lane metres garage deck and can accommodate up to 1,860 passengers, will sail on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from Ancona and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from Split.

In the summer of 2022, MOBY ZAZA was chartered to Balearia.

May 11
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MOBY ZAZA chartered out to Baleària for a new link with Morocco

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As of mid-June, ropax MOBY ZAZA will be chartered to Baleària for the summer season.

Some sources revealed to Ferry Shipping News that the 1982-built ferry is expected to be deployed on the route between Almeria and Morocco until next September.

The former OLAU BRITANNIA has been inactive since last autumn in Livorno and was used before as a quarantine hotel.

Rumour: Baleària has been authorised to operate a new link connecting Genoa, Sète, Barcelona and Tanger Med, thus competing with Grandi Navi Veloci.