Moby Zazà is a ferry operated by Moby Lines between Nice and Bastia. Until 2015 she was MS Wind Perfection, an accommodation ship owned and operated by C-bed.[2] She was built in 1982 as MS Olau Britannia by Weser Seebeckswerft in Bremerhaven for Olau Line, who used her on Sheerness—Vlissingen service. In 1990 she was sold to Fred. Olsen Lines and renamed MS Bayard for services between Norway and Denmark. In 1991 Fred. Olsen Lines was sold to Color Line and the Bayard passed under their ownership under the name MS Christian IV. In 2008, she was sold to Stella Lines and renamed MS Julia for service between Helsinki and St. Petersburg. This was a failure and after just two months the Julia was laid up. In 2009, she was sold to Fastnet Line and entered service on their Swansea—Cork route in 2010, retaining her earlier name.
The Olau Britannia was delivered as the younger sister of MS Olau Hollandia on May 5, 1982. Two days later she was christened by Princess Margaret in Sheerness and placed on the route Sheerness—Vlissingen. In August 1984 the ship collided with the freighter MS Mont Louis in the English channel. Olau Line ordered larger replacements for the Olau Hollandia and Olau Britannia in the late 1980s (which were also named Olau Hollandia and Olau Britannia). In preparation for delivery of its replacement, the first Olau Britannia was sold to Nordström & Thulin, Sweden on October 4, 1989, to be delivered in 1990. However, already on October 11 Nordström & Thulin resold the ship to Fred. Olsen & Co.
Christian IV in Kristiansand.
1990–2008: Fred. Olsen Lines and Color Lineedit
In May 1990 the ship was delivered to her new owners and renamed MS Bayard. After a refit at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany, the Bayard was set in on Kristiansand—Hirtshals route in June 1990. For the winter season she was transferred to Oslo—Hirtshals service. Fred. Olsen sold its Scandinavian ferry operations to Color Line in December 1990, and in January 1991 the Bayard was renamed MS Christian IV. The ship was kept on the Oslo — Hirtshals service until April 1994, when she returned to the Kristiansand — Hirtshals route. In March 1995 the ship temporarily sailed on the Moss—Kiel route, after which she reverted to her older route. The ship was refitted in 1999 at Fredericia Værft in Denmark, with additional restaurants and better conference facilities. She was refitted again in 2005, this time at Remontowa, Gdańsk, Poland.[1][3] In March 2008 she was replaced by the new MS Superspeed 1 on the Kristiansand—Hirsthals route, and laid up at Sandefjord.[1][4] Between 2008-04-10 and 2008-06-15 the Christian IV sailed on the Larvik—Hirsthals route, replacing MS Peter Wessel – that had been sold to the Mediterranean Shipping Company – until the delivery of the new MS Superspeed 2.[1][5][6][7]
On 2008-05-20 the Christian IV was sold by Color Line to Stella Naves Russia (Stella Lines), a subsidiary of the Finnishfreight shipping and stevedoring operator Stella Company Group, for €13 million.[1][7][8] The ship was delivered to her new owners in July 2008, and subsequently renamed Julia. On 2008-08-01 she entered service on Stella Lines' Helsinki—St. Petersburg route.[1][9] Passenger numbers on the Julia were low due to the bureaucracy related to applying a visa in order to travel between Finland and Russia. Additionally due to restrictions imposed by the Port of Helsinki the Julia could not carry any freight on the service.[10] On 2008-09-20 the Russian State Duma approved a law change allowing passengers arriving by scheduled ferry services to visit Russia for up to 72 hours without a visa.
Despite this legislation change the Helsinki—St. Petersburg service of the Julia was terminated due slower than expected growth of the passenger numbers, failure to acquire additional funding due to the economic crisis of 2008 and larger than expected harbour expenses in St. Petersburg. On 9 October 2008 Stella Lines CEO Kari Juvas stated that the company would make the decisions about the future of the Julia within the next few days. According to Juvas the alternatives are selling the ship or utilizing the ship on a service between Kotka, Finland and Sillamäe, Estonia.[10][11][12] Juvas had stated that Stella was interested in operating a ship on the Kotka—Sillamäe route already in July 2007.[13] The Russia-based companies Morskoi Voksal and Inflot, along with the City of St. Petersburg planned on acquiring the share majority of Stella Lines and providing funding for recommencing service on the Helsinki—St. Petersburg route with the Julia. However, on 3 November 2008 it was reported that the City of St. Petersburg had withdrawn from the purchase. On the same date Kim Sjöblom of Stella Lines stated the company are looking for other funders allowing the service to be restarted.[14] These attempts failed and Stella Lines was declared bankrupt on 6 November 2008, with the ownership of the Julia passing to Stella's creditors Aktia Savings Bank.[15]
Reportedly several companies have expressed an interest in buying the Julia, but none have been able to raise the capital needed to buy her.[16] On 17 February 2009 it was reported that one of the potential buyers for the Julia is Irish shipowner Frank Allen, who had acquired a loan from a Finnish bank to purchase the ship for use on a service between Cork and Swansea under the brand of B&I Line, which would be re-established for this service.[17] A public auction to sell the Julia was held on 26 February 2009, but no bids were made.[18] In a second auction held on 12 March 2009 B&I Line made the highest bid of €6 million, but confusion surrounded the initial undertaking of €1.5 million to secure the ship and she remained unsold. No further auction was held, instead the bankrupt's estate negotiated directly with potential buyers. In addition to B&I Line, Greek Halkidon Shipping Corporation and two unnamed Finnish companies were reported to have shown interest in the ship.[19][20]
Following bankruptcy of former operator, SNCM, Moby Line bought the ferry to operate their new France to Corsica service, together with MV Moby Corse.[2] She started in June 2016, but suffered an electrical fire, whilst at Nice, in August 2016.[25]
Referencesedit
^ abcdefghijklmAsklander, Micke. "M/S Olau Britannia (1982)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2008-07-08.
^ abAshmore, Jehan. "Former Cork-Swansea Ferry Debuts On 'Nice' New Service". Retrieved 2016-08-14.
^Asklander, Micke. "M/S Superspeed 1 (2008)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2008-07-08.
^Asklander, Micke. "M/S Gotland (1981)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2008-07-08.
^Asklander, Micke. "M/S Superspeed 2 (2008)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2008-07-08.
^ ab (in Norwegian). Boarding.no. 2008-05-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
^"Autolauttaliikenne Helsingistä Pietariin alkaa kesällä" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 2008-05-20. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
^ (in Finnish). Stella Lines. Archived from the original on 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
^ abAla-Kiiskilä, Antero (2008-10-10). (in Finnish). Kymen Sanomat. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
^Moilanen, Hellevi (2008-10-09). "Helsinki-Pietari-laivalinja sortui maailmantalouden epävakauteen" (in Finnish). Kymen Sanomat. Retrieved 2008-10-09.[permanent dead link]
^"Autolautta Julian kohtalo selviää lähipäivinä" (in Finnish). Kymen Sanomat. 2008-10-09. Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
^Huovinen, Issu (2007-08-24). "Kotkan ja Viron välisessä liikenteessä olisi ison laivan reikä" (in Finnish). Kymen Sanomat. Retrieved 2008-10-09.[permanent dead link]
^"Pietarin kaupunki vetäytyy Pietari-Helsinki-laivayhteydestä". YLE Uutiset (in Finnish). Yleisradio. 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
^. this is South Wales.co.uk. 2009-04-03. Archived from the original on 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
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^O'Riordan, Sean (2009-02-17). "Swansea ferry captain's son plans to resurrect route". Irish Examiner.com. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
^ (in Finnish). Kymen Sanomat. 2009-02-26. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
^"Matkustaja-autolautta m/s Julian huutokauppa peruuntui" (in Finnish). YLE. 2009-03-12. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
^Vaniala, Paavo (2009-03-15). "Julia kävi kaupaksi – mutta täppi puuttui" (in Finnish). Kaupunkilehti Ankkuri. p. 7. Retrieved 2009-03-15. [dead link]
^"Cork ferry embarks on new life as floating hotel". 30 March 2012.
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^"Worker Falls to Death at Walney OWF, Cause of Fall Unknown". Offshore Wind. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
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Moby Zaza is a ferry operated by Moby Lines between Nice and Bastia Until 2015 she was MS Wind Perfection an accommodation ship owned and operated by C bed 2 She was built in 1982 as MS Olau Britannia by Weser Seebeckswerft in Bremerhaven for Olau Line who used her on Sheerness Vlissingen service In 1990 she was sold to Fred Olsen Lines and renamed MS Bayard for services between Norway and Denmark In 1991 Fred Olsen Lines was sold to Color Line and the Bayard passed under their ownership under the name MS Christian IV In 2008 she was sold to Stella Lines and renamed MS Julia for service between Helsinki and St Petersburg This was a failure and after just two months the Julia was laid up In 2009 she was sold to Fastnet Line and entered service on their Swansea Cork route in 2010 retaining her earlier name Christian IV in Kristansand NorwayHistoryName1982 1990 Olau Britannia 1990 1991 Bayard 1991 2008 Christian IV 2008 2012 Julia 2012 2015 Wind Perfection 2015 Moby ZazaOperator1982 1990 Olau Line 1990 1990 Fred Olsen amp Co 1990 2008 Color Line 2008 2008 Stella Line 2010 2012 Fastnet Line 2012 2015 C bed 2015 onwards Moby LinePort of registry1982 1990 Hamburg West Germany 1990 1990 Oslo Norway 1990 2008 Kristiansand Norway 2008 2009 Helsinki Finland 2009 2012 Hamilton Bermuda 2012 2015 London United Kingdom 2015 onwards Livorno ItalyBuilderWeser Seebeckswerft Bremerhaven West Germany 1 Yard number1031 1 Laid down3 June 1981 1 Launched5 December 1981 1 Christened7 May 1982 by Princess Margaret Countess of Snowdon 1 Acquired2 May 1982 1 In service8 May 1982 1 IdentificationIMO number 8020642StatusIn serviceGeneral characteristics 1 TypeCruiseferryTonnage15 064 GRT as built 21 699 GT after 2005 rebuild 2 880 t DWTLength153 40 m 503 ft 3 in Beam24 24 m 79 ft 6 in Draught5 80 m 19 ft 0 in Installed power4 Pielstick 8PC2 5L 400 diesels 15 300 kWPropulsion2 x Controllable pitch propellorsSpeed20 kn 37 04 km h 23 02 mph Capacity2048 passengers 938 berths as built 863 berths after 2005 rebuild 530 cars Contents 1 History 1 1 1982 1990 Olau Line 1 2 1990 2008 Fred Olsen Lines and Color Line 1 3 2008 Stella Lines 2 2012 2015 C Bed Wind Perfection 3 2015 Moby Line Moby Zaza 4 References 5 External linksHistory edit1982 1990 Olau Line edit For other ships with the same name see MS Olau Britannia nbsp 22 September 1985 near SheernessThe Olau Britannia was delivered as the younger sister of MS Olau Hollandia on May 5 1982 Two days later she was christened by Princess Margaret in Sheerness and placed on the route Sheerness Vlissingen In August 1984 the ship collided with the freighter MS Mont Louis in the English channel Olau Line ordered larger replacements for the Olau Hollandia and Olau Britannia in the late 1980s which were also named Olau Hollandia and Olau Britannia In preparation for delivery of its replacement the first Olau Britannia was sold to Nordstrom amp Thulin Sweden on October 4 1989 to be delivered in 1990 However already on October 11 Nordstrom amp Thulin resold the ship to Fred Olsen amp Co nbsp Christian IV in Kristiansand 1990 2008 Fred Olsen Lines and Color Line edit In May 1990 the ship was delivered to her new owners and renamed MS Bayard After a refit at Blohm amp Voss Hamburg Germany the Bayard was set in on Kristiansand Hirtshals route in June 1990 For the winter season she was transferred to Oslo Hirtshals service Fred Olsen sold its Scandinavian ferry operations to Color Line in December 1990 and in January 1991 the Bayard was renamed MS Christian IV The ship was kept on the Oslo Hirtshals service until April 1994 when she returned to the Kristiansand Hirtshals route In March 1995 the ship temporarily sailed on the Moss Kiel route after which she reverted to her older route The ship was refitted in 1999 at Fredericia Vaerft in Denmark with additional restaurants and better conference facilities She was refitted again in 2005 this time at Remontowa Gdansk Poland 1 3 In March 2008 she was replaced by the new MS Superspeed 1 on the Kristiansand Hirsthals route and laid up at Sandefjord 1 4 Between 2008 04 10 and 2008 06 15 the Christian IV sailed on the Larvik Hirsthals route replacing MS Peter Wessel that had been sold to the Mediterranean Shipping Company until the delivery of the new MS Superspeed 2 1 5 6 7 2008 Stella Lines edit nbsp MS Julia in Helsinki in August 2008On 2008 05 20 the Christian IV was sold by Color Line to Stella Naves Russia Stella Lines a subsidiary of the Finnish freight shipping and stevedoring operator Stella Company Group for 13 million 1 7 8 The ship was delivered to her new owners in July 2008 and subsequently renamed Julia On 2008 08 01 she entered service on Stella Lines Helsinki St Petersburg route 1 9 Passenger numbers on the Julia were low due to the bureaucracy related to applying a visa in order to travel between Finland and Russia Additionally due to restrictions imposed by the Port of Helsinki the Julia could not carry any freight on the service 10 On 2008 09 20 the Russian State Duma approved a law change allowing passengers arriving by scheduled ferry services to visit Russia for up to 72 hours without a visa Despite this legislation change the Helsinki St Petersburg service of the Julia was terminated due slower than expected growth of the passenger numbers failure to acquire additional funding due to the economic crisis of 2008 and larger than expected harbour expenses in St Petersburg On 9 October 2008 Stella Lines CEO Kari Juvas stated that the company would make the decisions about the future of the Julia within the next few days According to Juvas the alternatives are selling the ship or utilizing the ship on a service between Kotka Finland and Sillamae Estonia 10 11 12 Juvas had stated that Stella was interested in operating a ship on the Kotka Sillamae route already in July 2007 13 The Russia based companies Morskoi Voksal and Inflot along with the City of St Petersburg planned on acquiring the share majority of Stella Lines and providing funding for recommencing service on the Helsinki St Petersburg route with the Julia However on 3 November 2008 it was reported that the City of St Petersburg had withdrawn from the purchase On the same date Kim Sjoblom of Stella Lines stated the company are looking for other funders allowing the service to be restarted 14 These attempts failed and Stella Lines was declared bankrupt on 6 November 2008 with the ownership of the Julia passing to Stella s creditors Aktia Savings Bank 15 Reportedly several companies have expressed an interest in buying the Julia but none have been able to raise the capital needed to buy her 16 On 17 February 2009 it was reported that one of the potential buyers for the Julia is Irish shipowner Frank Allen who had acquired a loan from a Finnish bank to purchase the ship for use on a service between Cork and Swansea under the brand of B amp I Line which would be re established for this service 17 A public auction to sell the Julia was held on 26 February 2009 but no bids were made 18 In a second auction held on 12 March 2009 B amp I Line made the highest bid of 6 million but confusion surrounded the initial undertaking of 1 5 million to secure the ship and she remained unsold No further auction was held instead the bankrupt s estate negotiated directly with potential buyers In addition to B amp I Line Greek Halkidon Shipping Corporation and two unnamed Finnish companies were reported to have shown interest in the ship 19 20 2012 2015 C Bed Wind Perfection editFrom 2012 the ship was an accommodation ship owned and operated by C bed 21 and used at West of Duddon Sands Wind Farm 22 and nearby Walney Wind Farm 23 She was sold in December 2015 24 2015 Moby Line Moby Zaza edit nbsp MS Moby Zaza in 2017Following bankruptcy of former operator SNCM Moby Line bought the ferry to operate their new France to Corsica service together with MV Moby Corse 2 She started in June 2016 but suffered an electrical fire whilst at Nice in August 2016 25 References edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m Asklander Micke M S Olau Britannia 1982 Fakta om Fartyg in Swedish Retrieved 2008 07 08 a b Ashmore Jehan Former Cork Swansea Ferry Debuts On Nice New Service Retrieved 2016 08 14 Boyle Ian Olau Britannia Simplon Postcards Retrieved 2008 07 08 Asklander Micke M S Superspeed 1 2008 Fakta om Fartyg in Swedish Retrieved 2008 07 08 Asklander Micke M S Gotland 1981 Fakta om Fartyg in Swedish Retrieved 2008 07 08 Asklander Micke M S Superspeed 2 2008 Fakta om Fartyg in Swedish Retrieved 2008 07 08 a b Christian IV solgt til finske Stella in Norwegian Boarding no 2008 05 20 Archived from the original on 2011 07 21 Retrieved 2008 07 08 Autolauttaliikenne Helsingista Pietariin alkaa kesalla in Finnish Ilta Sanomat 2008 05 20 Archived from the original on May 26 2012 Retrieved 2008 07 08 Helsinki St Petersburg Helsinki schedule 01 08 2008 31 12 2008 in Finnish Stella Lines Archived from the original on 2008 07 10 Retrieved 2008 07 08 a b Ala Kiiskila Antero 2008 10 10 Stella Lines pohtii vaihtoehtoja in Finnish Kymen Sanomat Archived from the original on 2011 07 17 Retrieved 2008 10 18 Moilanen Hellevi 2008 10 09 Helsinki Pietari laivalinja sortui maailmantalouden epavakauteen in Finnish Kymen Sanomat Retrieved 2008 10 09 permanent dead link Autolautta Julian kohtalo selviaa lahipaivina in Finnish Kymen Sanomat 2008 10 09 Archived from the original on 2012 08 04 Retrieved 2008 10 09 Huovinen Issu 2007 08 24 Kotkan ja Viron valisessa liikenteessa olisi ison laivan reika in Finnish Kymen Sanomat Retrieved 2008 10 09 permanent dead link Pietarin kaupunki vetaytyy Pietari Helsinki laivayhteydesta YLE Uutiset in Finnish Yleisradio 2008 11 03 Retrieved 2008 11 03 Hopes high for new ferry this is South Wales co uk 2009 04 03 Archived from the original on 2009 04 05 Retrieved 2009 04 04 M S Julia pakkohuutokaupataan in Finnish YLE 2009 02 05 Retrieved 2009 02 05 dead link O Riordan Sean 2009 02 17 Swansea ferry captain s son plans to resurrect route Irish Examiner com Retrieved 2009 02 18 Matkustaja autolautta Juliaa ei huutanut kukaan in Finnish Kymen Sanomat 2009 02 26 Archived from the original on 2011 07 17 Retrieved 2009 03 11 Matkustaja autolautta m s Julian huutokauppa peruuntui in Finnish YLE 2009 03 12 Archived from the original on 2012 03 30 Retrieved 2009 03 12 Vaniala Paavo 2009 03 15 Julia kavi kaupaksi mutta tappi puuttui in Finnish Kaupunkilehti Ankkuri p 7 Retrieved 2009 03 15 dead link Cork ferry embarks on new life as floating hotel 30 March 2012 Kingfisher fortnightly bulletin Issue 24 PDF Kingfisher Information Services 21 November 2013 Archived from the original PDF on 2 February 2017 Worker Falls to Death at Walney OWF Cause of Fall Unknown Offshore Wind 14 May 2014 Retrieved 2016 08 14 Goodbye to Wind Perfection C bed c bed nl Archived from the original on 2016 03 18 Retrieved 2016 08 14 Incendie a bord du Moby Zaza dans le port de Nice France 3 Corse ViaStella Retrieved 2016 08 14 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