MV Madeleine II
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MV Madeleine II is a cruiseferry operated by the Canadian company Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien (CTMA). It was previously operated by the Spanish company Trasmediterránea as the MV Villa de Teror.
Madeleine II arriving in Souris, August 2021. | |
History | |
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Name |
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Owner | Government of Canada |
Operator |
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Port of registry | 2021–present: Ottawa, Canada |
Route |
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Ordered | 29 January 2007[2] |
Builder | |
Cost | Approximately €60 million[3] |
Laid down | 6 May 2007[4] |
Launched | 29 May 2013[5] |
Identification | IMO number: 9430105 |
Status | In service |
General characteristics (planned) [6] | |
Type | Ro-ro/passenger ferry |
Tonnage | |
Length | 139.12 m (456 ft) |
Beam | 22 m (72 ft) |
Draught | 5.7 m (19 ft) (design) |
Ramps | Bow and stern ramps, side door |
Ice class | 1 A[7] |
Installed power | 2 × Wärtsilä 8L46F[2] (2 × 9,600 kW)[8] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21.8 knots (40.4 km/h; 25.1 mph) |
Capacity | |
Crew | 61 |
Originally ordered by the Finnish ferry company Viking Line for the Mariehamn–Kapellskär route under the project name Viking ADCC (All-seasons Day Cruising and Commuting), the ship was built by the Spanish shipyard Astilleros de Sevilla[10] and was originally planned for delivery in 2009.[11] Viking ADCC would have been the first purpose-built ferry to serve that route. However, Viking Line cancelled the order on 8 February 2010, due to the shipyard's inability to complete the ship on time.[12]
The ship eventually entered service with Trasmediterránea as Villa de Teror in 2019, after multiple delays. In 2020, it was announced that the Government of Canada would purchase Villa de Teror, where it would be used on CTMA's services to the Magdalen Islands of Quebec from 2021.