MV Bali Sea
Ro-ro rail ferry/heavy lift ship / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The MV Bali Sea was a roll-on/roll-off rail ferry, previously a heavy-lift ship. It started its life recovering ships and moving oil platforms, undergoing several name changes in the process. It became a rail ferry in 2000, shipping trains across the Gulf of Mexico. In 2021, when new ferries[2] were introduced, the Bali Sea was taken out of service and sent to the Alang Ship Breaking Yard in Gujarat, India for decommissioning and eventual scrapping.
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Bali Sea with loading up with Ferrosur trains in Coatzacoalcos | |
History | |
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Name | Bali Sea |
Owner | None |
Operator | Frigg Shipping (1982-85), Wijsmuller Transport/Dockwise (1985-95), Gulf South Shipping/CG Railway (1995-2021) |
Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Launched | 25 December 1981 |
Completed | 1982 |
In service | 1982 |
Out of service | 2021 |
Renamed | From Dan Lifter in 1985, from Super Servant 5 in 1995 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped 4 July 2021 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 175.4 m (575 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 35.8 m (117 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
Speed | 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) |
Notes | [1] |
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