Moby Aki

**Moby Aki**
	Moby Aki in the port of Livorno
Ship data
flag	Italy
Ship type	ferry
Callsign	IBVV
home port	Naples
Owner	Moby Lines
Shipyard	Fincantieri , Ancona
Build number	6116
Order	July 2, 2003
Keel laying	April 7, 2004
Launch	November 20, 2004
takeover	May 15, 2005
Commissioning	May 2005
Whereabouts	in service
Ship dimensions and crew
length	162.85 m ( Lüa )
width	27.6 m
Draft	Max. 7.0 m
measurement	36,284 GT
crew	120
Machine system
machine	4 × diesel engines ( Wärtsilä 12V46D), each 12,600 kW
Machine ; performance	50,400 kW (68,525 hp)
Top ; speed	27 kn (50 km / h)
propeller	2 × controllable pitch propellers
Transport capacities
Load capacity	5,628 dw
Permitted number of passengers	2,080
Others
Classifications	Registro Italiano Navale
Registration ; numbers	IMO no. 9299393

The Moby Aki is a ferry of the Italian ferry line Moby Lines .

history

Moby Aki in Livorno, February 25, 2011

The Moby Aki was on 7 April 2004 in Ancona at Fincantieri to put Kiel . On May 12, 2005, it was handed over to the owner company. The ship has been in service between Livorno and Olbia since May 2005 .

In September 2019, the shipping companies DFDS Seaways and Moby Lines concluded an agreement according to which DFDS Seaways would take over the Moby Aki and its sister ship Moby Wonder and operate as Amsterdam Seaways and Newcastle Seaways on the Amsterdam - Newcastle route from 2020 . This failed because Moby Lines could not hand over both ships to DFDS in accordance with the contract.

Sister ships

The Moby Aki is the third ship in a series of four high-speed ferries that were built at the Italian shipyard Fincantieri in Ancona and at Daewoo in Okpo . Two of these ships, the Moby Wonder and the Moby Aki , stand out due to the shipping company-typical paintwork with motifs from Warner Bros. comics ( Looney Tunes ). The theme of the exterior painting is also reflected in the interior. The last sister ship, the former Moby Freedom , has meanwhile been sold to Eckerö Line .

Equipment and capacity

The ship can carry 700 vehicles and 2,080 passengers and is used on the Livorno - Olbia (Sardinia) route. During the day, the ferry takes about six hours to travel this route. Even for the relatively short distance, 320 cabins with service, as well as junior suites for up to four people, an à la carte restaurant, solarium and swimming pool are offered. There is a three-story panorama deck on the front structure below the bridge.

literature

Riccardo Magrini: Ships . Neuer Kaiserverlag, Klagenfurt 2006, ISBN 978-3-7043-1422-2

Web links

Commons : Moby Aki - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

M / S Moby Aki.

Footnotes

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Equasis - France Ministry for Transport: Administrative data of the "Moby Aki". Retrieved December 29, 2011 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c RINA - Registro Italiano Navale: Technical and administrative data of the "Moby Aki". Retrieved December 29, 2011 .
↑ Wärtsilä: Technical information on the Wärtsilä 46 marine diesel engine.Retrieved on May 21, 2011 .
^ New ferries for Amsterdam - Newcastle route. DFDS, September 6, 2019, accessed September 6, 2019 .
^ Agreement with Moby canceled. DFDS, October 19, 2019, accessed on February 13, 2020 .

[equasis-1] A ^b ^c ^d Equasis - France Ministry for Transport: Administrative data of the "Moby Aki". Retrieved December 29, 2011 .

[rina-2] RINA - Registro Italiano Navale: Technical and administrative data of the "Moby Aki". Retrieved December 29, 2011 .

[3] Wärtsilä: Technical information on the Wärtsilä 46 marine diesel engine.Retrieved on May 21, 2011 .

[4] New ferries for Amsterdam - Newcastle route. DFDS, September 6, 2019, accessed September 6, 2019 .

[5] Agreement with Moby canceled. DFDS, October 19, 2019, accessed on February 13, 2020 .