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The ''Strait Feronia'' is a passenger, freight & vehicle or ROPAX ferry owned and operated by Strait Shipping.〔 The ship is a twin of . ==History== The ''Strait Feronia'' was launched on 7 December 1996 as the ''Mersey Viking'' for Irish Sea ferry operator Norse Irish Ferries. The ship was built by Cantiere Navale Visentini in Italy. The ship entered service in July 1997 operating between Liverpool and Belfast. She remained on this route until December 2005 when she moved to the Birkenhead - Dublin route. Prior to transferring to the Dublin route the ship was renamed ''Dublin Viking''. Another name change occurred In August 2010. The vessel was renamed ''Dublin Seaways'' following DFDS's acquisition of Norfolkline. In January 2011 DFDS Seaways closed the Birkenhead - Dublin route. The ''Dublin Seaways'' was sold to Stena Line and renamed ''Stena Feronia''. In 2012, She was chartered to the Moroccan ferry operator; Inter Shipping for use between Tangier and Algeciras, she was used successfully for 2 years on that route before she was replaced in October 2014 by the LD Lines vessel, MS Norman Asturias which had been chartered to Inter Shipping, The Stena Feronia then left service and was anchored off the coast of Gibraltar for a short while before she headed back to Belfast.She was laid up in Belfast before she covered the MS Stena Mersey whilst she was off service when she was in dry dock at both Belfast and Falmouth at the beginning of December 2014, when the Stena Mersey returned to service Stena Feronia was removed from service on the 21st December 2014 and was laid up in Belfast before she departed Belfast on the 23rd and arrived in Sweden after Christmas where she was laid up. Starting from 26 January 2015 the vessel operated between Kiel and Gotenborg for eight weeks as temporary replacement for the Stena Germanica, which underwent a refit.〔 ("Stena Feronia von Kiel nach Göteborg" ), accessed on 27 February 2015〕 In Early 2015 Strait Shipping in New Zealand purchased the Stena Feronia and renamed her the ''Strait Feronia''. She was delivered in June 2015 after a 45-day sailing from Sweden & is the currently longest ship in service on the Wellington to Picton route.〔("New Bluebridge ferry arrives in Wellington" ), accessed on June 1 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MS Strait Feronia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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