MV Serengeti

MV Serengeti is a Lake Victoria passenger and cargo ship operated by the Marine Services Company Limited of Mwanza, Tanzania.

History
Tanzania
Name: MV Serengeti
Namesake: Serengeti
Operator: Marine Services Company Limited
Completed: 1988[1]
Homeport: Mwanza, Tanzania
General characteristics
Type: passenger and cargo ship
Tonnage: 975 GT[1]
Length: 55.6 m (182 ft)[1]
Beam: 11.7 m (38 ft)[1]
Draught: 2.76 m (9 ft 1 in)[1]
Ramps: bow[1]
Propulsion: diesel
Capacity:
  • 593 passengers[1]
  • 350 tons cargo[1]

Serengeti has a ramp in her bow for road vehicle access.[1] In design she is a vehicular and passenger ferry, but MSC operates her in tramp trade.[1]

She was built in 1988 for the Tanzania Railways Corporation Marine Division. In 1997 the Marine Division became a separate company, Marine Services Company Ltd.[2]

See also

References
  1. "MV. Serengeti". Vessels. Marine Services Company Limited. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  2. "Home". Marine Services Company Limited. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
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