MV Faust
M/V ARC Independence, formerly M/V Faust is a large ro-ro car carrier built in 2007 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering for Wallenius Lines AB, Sweden. It is currently (since 2018 or 2019) operated by American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier (ARC), having formerly served with Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics.[2] It is one of the largest car carriers in the world.
MV Faust on the river Weser, Germany, 2012 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Faust |
| Namesake | Faust |
| Owner | Wallenius Lines[2] |
| Operator | Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics[2] |
| Port of registry | Sweden[1] |
| Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, South Korea[2] |
| Launched | 24 February 2007 |
| Completed | 2007 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Type | Car carrier |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 227.8 m (747 ft) |
| Beam | 32.26 m (106 ft) |
| Height | 51.98 m (171 ft) |
| Draft |
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| Decks | 13; 5 movable |
| Ramps | Stern quarter and side ramps |
| Installed power | B&W 7S60MC-C |
| Propulsion | Single shaft; fixed-pitch propeller |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 15 |
It is sometimes incorrectly reported that in 2004, the M/V Faust was renamed to M/V Liberty. This is due to multiple vessels having carried the name Faust. The Faust which was renamed to Liberty was built by Oshima Shipbuilding in Japan and launched in 1985; at 660' in length and 52,000 gross tons, she was significantly smaller than the vessel which is now the ARC Independence.[3]
Faust appeared in a 2008 episode of the Discovery Channel's documentary series Mighty Ships during a voyage between the UK and United States.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Faust (9332925)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ a b c d e (PDF). Wallenius Lines AB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ "Liberty [ex-Faust]". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ . DiscoveryHD.ca. CTV Global Media. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2014.