HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2
 Tallink AutoExpress 2 at quay 8 in Port of Tallinn on June 21, 2007 | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
1997–2001: Boomerang 2001 onwards: Tallink AutoExpress 2 |
| Owner: | 2009 onwards: Conferry |
| Operator: |
1997–2001: Polferries 2001–2007: Tallink 2007 onwards: Conferry |
| Port of registry: |
1997–2001: Nassau,  Bahamas2001–2007: Tallinn,  Estonia2007–2008: Kingstown,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2008–2009: Limassol,  Cyprus2009 onwards: Pampatar,  Venezuela[1] |
| Builder: | Austal, Australia |
| Yard number: | 53 |
| Launched: | 1 March 1997 |
| Acquired: | May 1997 |
| Identification: |
Callsign YYKT IMO number: 9150286 MMSI number: 775504000 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Tonnage: | 5,419 GT |
| Length: | 82.3 m (270 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 23.0 m (75 ft 6 in) |
| Draught: | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power: | 4 x MTU 20V 1163 TB73 diesel engines |
| Propulsion: | 4 x KaMeWa waterjets |
| Speed: | 38 knots (service speed) |
| Capacity: | 700 passengers 175 cars |
HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2 is a fast passenger ferry (catamaran) operated by the Venezuelan ferry company Conferry on the line between Puerto la Cruz and Punta de Piedras, Margarita Island.
History
The ship was built in 1997 by an Australian company called Austal Ships as hull #53. The vessel is of the AutoExpress 82 type designed by Austal. The ship was named HSC Boomerang, and was owned by Sea Tropid Co. Ltd. (Polferries). In 2001 the ship was bought by Tallink and renamed HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2, operating between Tallinn, Estonia, and Helsinki, Finland. On October 12, 2007 the Ship collided with HSC SuperSeaCat Three in Tallinn harbour, resulting a meter-long hole in the ship's side. No passengers were harmed in the incident. After that, the vessel was chartered to Conferry, a ferry operator in Venezuela. On November 3, the vessel arrived at the premisses of Curaçao Drydock, after being delivered by Redwise. It was bought by Conferry in 2009.