MV Serengeti

Career (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]

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "MV. Serengeti". Vessels. Marine Services Company Limited. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  2. ↑ "Home". Marine Services Company Limited. Retrieved 26 June 2011.