Prins Joachim

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Prins Joachim
The Prins Joachim in Rostock
The Prins Joachim in Rostock
Ship data
flag DenmarkDenmark Denmark Germany Cyprus Morocco
GermanyGermany 
Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus 
MoroccoMorocco 
other ship names
  • Prince
  • Morocco Star
Ship type Railway ferry
class Intercity ferries
home port Korsør
Rostock
Owner Danish State Railways , Scandlines
Shipyard Nakskov Skibsværft A / S
Launch 1980
Commissioning 1980
Ship dimensions and crew
length
152.00 m ( Lüa )
width 23.70 m
Draft Max. 6.02 m
measurement 10616 BRT / 5088 NRT
Machine system
machine 6 × 16-cylinder four-stroke V-diesel engines, Burmeister & Wain / Alpha Diesel, type 16U28LU
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		18,682 kW (25,400 hp)
Top
speed 		19 kn (35 km / h)
propeller 2
Transport capacities
Load capacity 5139 dw
Permitted number of passengers 1400
Vehicle capacities
Tracks

4th

Railway wagons

60 freight cars

Track length

495 m

Others
Registration
numbers 		IMO 7803190

The Prins Joachim was after the Dronning Ingrid the second ship in the series of intercity ferries . Today it bears the name Morocco Star .

history

The ship was laid down on August 22, 1979 at Nakskov Skibsværft A / S with shipyard number 223. The launch was on January 25, 1980. The ferry was christened on July 2, 1980 in the name of Joachim zu Denmark , the second son of the Danish Queen Margrethe II. The Danish State Railways (DSB) took over the ship on October 10, 1980 and use it on the Korsør - Nyborg line in the Great Belt . The home port was Korsør. From 1997, Prins Joachim belonged to Scandlines A / S and went out of service at the end of May 1997.

Until November 2000 it was on in Nakskov. After a renovation in Fredericia , it was used on the Scandlines Rostock - Gedser route on March 29, 2001 . From summer 2012 she sailed under the German flag with her home port Rostock. Their use on this route ended in May 2016. She was sold and renamed Prince (flag: Cyprus). After a conversion in Greece, she was briefly used for European Seaways between Italy and Greece. At the end of December 2016 it was sold again and renamed Morocco Star . After a further renovation in Greece and Malta, it has been in use for Africa Morocco Link under the Moroccan flag between Tanger-Med ( Morocco ) and Algeciras ( Spain ) since the end of March 2017 .

Sister ships

photos

  • Ship model of the Prins Joachim and the Dronning Ingrid

  • Front view (2008)

  • Rear view (2011)

  • Warnemünde (2012)

Web links

Commons : Prins Joachim  - Collection of images, videos and audio files