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The Lynx was the Interislander's fast ferry service across Cook Strait. Pressured by Christchurch businessman Brooke McKenzie and his ill-fated Sea Shuttles NZ fast ferry service, the Interisland Line chartered the HSC Condor 10 to operate a fast service across the strait for the 1994/95 summer. [21]
DEV Aratere is a roll-on/roll-off rail and vehicle ferry operated by KiwiRail in New Zealand. Built in 1998 for the then-private company Tranz Rail and lengthened in 2011, she operates four daily crossings on the Interislander service across Cook Strait from Wellington to Picton each day (with six crossings over the December/January period).
MV Kaitaki is a roll-on/roll-off ferry built in 1995. It previously operated under the names, Isle of Innisfree, then Pride of Cherbourg, Stena Challenger and Challenger.As of 2008, MV Kaitaki was the largest ferry operating the Interislander service between the North and South Islands of New Zealand having taken her latest name in 2007.
On 9 December 2014, an announcement was made that she would again be chartered long-term by Interislander to replace the aging Arahura, which had been in service since 1983 and was to retire in 2015. Before returning to New Zealand, she was refitted to better suit the Wellington to Picton route.
Inter-island ferry operations began in 1992 as Strait Shipping Limited, [3] as a way for Barker to provide more affordable inter-island ferry services for his trucking group. Ferries between the North and South Islands of New Zealand were then monopolised by the Interisland Line , owned by the then state-owned enterprise New Zealand Rail ...
MV Aratika was a roll-on/roll-off train ferry that operated on the Interislander between Wellington and Picton in New Zealand from 1974 until 1999. According to the Ministry for Culture & Heritage , Aratika is a Māori-language word meaning direct path.
She arrived from Scotland on 26 July 1962 and entered service on 13 August. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 1965, she was joined by the similar, but slightly larger, Aranui . On 10 April 1968 Aramoana was the largest of the rescue vessels when TEV Wahine , a New Zealand inter-island ferry of the Union Company , foundered after striking Barrett Reef at the ...
In Service 9524231 Spirit of Britain: 2011 49,000 2,000 Dover-Calais In Service 9244116 European Highlander: 2002 21,188 410 Cairnryan-Larne In Service 9215505 European Ambassador: 2000 2004 24,206 405 Liverpool-Dublin Mostyn-Dublin Cherbourg-Dublin Sold to Stena Line: 9208629 Pride of Hull: 2001 59,925 1,360 Hull-Rotterdam In Service 9208617