MV Victorian Reliance

The MV Victorian Reliance is a cargo ship operated by Toll Shipping in Australia. It is primarily used on Bass Strait between Melbourne, Victoria and Burnie, Tasmania, along with sister ship MV Tasmanian Achiever. Originally ordered by Brambles Limited, the ship was acquired by Toll with the purchase of Brambles' shipping business in 2002.[2] When CMA CGM, parent company of Australian National Line, withdrew the Bass Trader from the Melbourne to Bell Bay route in 2009, it entered into a joint venture to transfer cargo to the Toll ships.[3] As such it carries both Toll and ANL logos and the operator is sometimes quoted as "Toll ANL".

Victorian Reliance at the Port of Burnie in 2012
History
Name: MV Victorian Reliance
Owner:
  • Reliance Achiever Pty Limited (1999-2002)
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia (2002-present)
Operator:
Port of registry: Melbourne,  Australia[1]
Route: Melbourne - Burnie
Builder: Samsung Heavy Industries, Geoje, South Korea
Launched: 31 December 1998
Completed: 20 May 1999
In service: 1999
Identification:
General characteristics
Type: Container and ro-ro
Tonnage: 20,343 GT, 11,000 DWT
Length: 192 m (630 ft)[1]
Beam: 23.64 m (77.6 ft)
Draught: 6.34 m (20.8 ft)
Installed power: 14,720 kW (19,740 hp) @ 750 rpm
Propulsion: 4 x Wartsila 8L32
Speed: 20.5 kn (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph)
Capacity: 592 TEU, 2,524 lane-metres

In March 2019, it was replaced on the Bass Strait service by the larger MV Victorian Reliance II. As at 26 November 2019 toll have pulled mv Victorian reliance out of retirement while repairs are done to Victorian Reliance II

References
  1. "VICTORIAN RELIANCE". Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
  2. "Toll purchases Brambles' cargo ships". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 November 2002.
  3. "Toll to control Bass Strait freight". Herald Sun. 6 August 2009.
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