| Career (Tanzania) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MV Serengeti |
| Namesake: | Serengeti region |
| Operator: | Marine Services Company Limited (since 1997) |
| Completed: | 1988[1] |
| Homeport: | Mwanza, Tanzania |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | passenger and cargo ship |
| Tonnage: | 975 GRT[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] |
MV Serengeti is a Lake Victoria passenger and cargo ship operated by the Marine Services Company Limited of Mwanza, Tanzania.
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]