{"id":8438,"date":"2018-02-03T21:56:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T19:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=8438"},"modified":"2018-02-03T21:56:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T19:56:15","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=8438","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=8431\">Back to\u00a0Ship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0History<\/h3>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"140\" \/>\n<col width=\"513\" \/>\n<col width=\"126\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"140\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td>Building contract<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Start of Production<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">8\/9\/1995<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Keel laid<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7\/12\/1996<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Launch<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">12\/7\/1997<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Delivered to Levantina Trasporti S.r.l., Bari, Italy<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">12\/7\/1997<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Chartered to Norse Irish Ferries.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">23\/7\/1997<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Belfast &#8211; Liverpool route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3\/2001<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">New owner Belfast Freight Ferries<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">4\/2002<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">New operator Norse Merchant Ferries.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">17\/6\/2002<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Birkenhead &#8211; Belfast route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2004<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">UK flag, homeport Belfast<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1\/9\/2005<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">New name Dublin Viking<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2005<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">New operator Norfolk Line<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2005<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Birkenhead &#8211; Dublin route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">12\/7\/2010<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Norfolk Line sold to DFDS A\/S<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2\/8\/2010<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">New name Dublin Seaways<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2\/2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Cuxhaven &#8211; Imminghamn route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3\/2\/2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Sold to Stena North Sea Ltd<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2\/4\/2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Arrived to Bremerhaven<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">15\/4\/2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">New name Stena Feronia<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">9\/5\/2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Charter to DFDS Seaways, Klaipeda &#8211; Karlshamn route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">10\/2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">End of charter , laid up at Klaipeda<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">11\/2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Laid up at Gdansk<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">22\/1-5\/2\/2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Stena Line Karlskrona &#8211; Gdynia route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6\/2\/2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">One week on G\u00f6teborg &#8211; Kiel route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">20\/2\/2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Birkenhead &#8211; Belfast route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7\/3\/2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Collision with cargo ship Ocean Moon near Belfast<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">8\/3\/2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Docking for reparation<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">25\/3\/2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Charter to DFDS Seaways Kiel &#8211; Klaipeda route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">4\/2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Laid up at Kiel<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6\/2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Charter to FRS, Spain<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6\/2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Algeciras &#8211; Tanger route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7\/11\/2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Laid up at Algeciras<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">18\/11\/2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Charter to Intershipping, Algeciras &#8211; Tanger Med route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6\/2013<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Cyprus flag<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1\/10\/2014<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Laid up at Algeciras later Malaga.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">11\/2014<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Sailing to Belfast<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">20\/11\/2014<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Replace Stena Mersey for docking time<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1\/2015<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Stena Line G\u00f6teborg &#8211; Kiel route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">20\/1\/2015<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Sold to Strait Shipping Ltd, New Zealand.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">mid 3\/2015<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Delivered to new owner.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">4\/2015<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Drydocking and refurbished interior at Landskrona.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">4\/2015<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">New name Strait Feronia. New Zealand flag<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7\/2015<\/td>\n<td width=\"767\">Bluebridge service Wellington &#8211; Picton route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"767\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to\u00a0Ship &nbsp; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0History Building contract Start of Production 8\/9\/1995 Keel laid 7\/12\/1996 Launch 12\/7\/1997 Delivered to Levantina Trasporti S.r.l., Bari, Italy 12\/7\/1997 Chartered to Norse Irish Ferries. 23\/7\/1997 Belfast &#8211; Liverpool route. 3\/2001 New owner Belfast Freight Ferries &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=8438\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8431,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8438","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8439,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8438\/revisions\/8439"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}