Aline Sitoe Diatta (ship)

Aline Sitoe Diatta

The Aline Sitoe Diatta

Ship data flag  Senegal Ship type Combined passenger, car and cargo ferry home port Dakar Owner Ministère de l'Economie Maritime et de Transport Maritimes International, Senegal Shipping company Consortium Senegalais d'Activites Maritimes (COSAMA), Senegal Shipyard Ms. Fassmer Shipyard, Berne-Motzen Build number 05/1/2060 Keel laying July 1, 2006 Launch October 25, 2007 takeover November 24, 2007 Whereabouts In motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 76.00 m ( Lüa ) 69.60 m ( Lpp ) width 15.90 m Side height 5.30 m Draft Max. 3.20 m measurement 3481 BRZ 1045 NRZ

Machine system machine 2 × diesel engine (Wärtsilä 9 L20) Machine performance 3,600 kW (4,895 hp) Top speed 15.0 kn (28 km / h) propeller 2

Transport capacities Load capacity 693.8 dw Permitted number of passengers 504

Others Classifications DNV GL Registration numbers IMO 9383132

The Aline Sitoe Diatta is a Senegalese passenger ferry that is used as a RoPax ship in freight and passenger traffic between the city of Ziguinchor in Casamance and the Senegalese capital Dakar . The ship replaced Le Joola , which sank on September 26, 2002 .

history

The Aline Sitoe Diatta under construction

The ship was commissioned from the Fassmer shipyard in Berne on September 12, 2005 . The hull was delivered from Poland. The new building, which cost around 25 million euros, was delivered to its client in November 2007 and commissioned in March 2008 after it was transferred to Senegal. The ferry makes two trips a week between Ziguinchor and Dakar.

The ship's name honors the same name in 1944 deceased leader of the resistance against the French colonial power.

technology

The Aline Sitoe Diatta is set up for coastal navigation up to 50 nautical miles from the coast. In addition to 504 passengers , the ship can carry 18 trailers and six trucks on a 600 m² RoRo deck, which is loaded and unloaded via a stern ramp . The load capacity is around 694 tons.

literature

• Ralf Witthohn: Transport, work and recreation on the sea: The role of shipping in the global economy Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2018, ISBN 3-658221-51-8 , p. 510/511.

Web links

Commons : Aline Sitoé Diatta  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Technical data of the Aline Sitoe Diatta at Fakta om Fartyg (Swedish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} Entry of Aline Sitoe Diatta at DNV-GL
2. ↑ Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Demographie: Situation économique et sociale du Sénégal en 2009 ( Memento of July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) , page 162 of the PDF file 8.7 MB, July 2019
3. ^ Description of the Aline Sitoe Diatta at Fassmer