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MV ''Umoja'' is a Lake Victoria ferry in East Africa. She is a train ferry that Marine Services Company Limited of Mwanza, Tanzania〔 operates between Jinja, Mwanza, Musoma and Kisumu.〔 ''Umoja'' means "unity" in Swahili. She has been involved in several accidents and is featured in a book by Paul Theroux. ==History== ''Umoja'' and her sister ship were built in 1965 by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland,〔 and entered service in 1966.〔 At over , they were the longest vessels on any of the East African lakes.〔 The two vessels were owned and operated by the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation (EARH) until 1977, when EARH was divided between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. ''Uhuru'' was transferred to the new Kenya Railways Corporation〔 and ''Umoja'' was transferred to the new Tanzania Railways Corporation.〔 ''Umoja'' struck rocks in 1990, 1996, and 2002. The 2002 accident caused $160,000 worth of damage. In 1997 TRC's inland shipping division became a separate company, the Marine Services Company Ltd. In his book ''Dark Star Safari'', Paul Theroux gives an account of a journey on Lake Victoria aboard ''Umoja'', detailing the hazards from out-of-date charts and emphasising the friendliness and competence of the crew. 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「MV Umoja」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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