AMSICORA at Olbia

AMSICORA was built in 2001 by FINCANTIERI for MINOAN LINES, she was named at the time EUROPA PALACE, the name is still very visible today at a close look at her bow, she has a sister ship, the BONARIA, in 2012 she was chartered by TIRRENIA, a company started in Naples in the 1930's connecting mainland Italy with several MED Ports, the company was acquired by CIN - Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione in 2011, interesting to see the name of TIRRENIA still going strong in the Mediterranean, these photos were taken from ZEUS PALACE at Olbia on the 23rd April 2017

"Traghetto" M.S. "AURELIA"

"AURELIA" is a ferry owned by TIRRENIA and operated on the Ancona to Split route by SNAV, she debuted in 1980, the ship went into massive conversions in 2002 and 2003, decks 10 and 11 were totally modified in order to accommodate first class cabins, for her volume, just over 14.000 G.T., she has a very high passenger capacity nearing 2200, she can transport 650 vehicles, it was really good to meet the ship for the first time last weekend and see her sailing almost to full capacity on the Saturday 20.15 sailing to Split in Croatia, she gets at her destination about 7am, the following morning, cruising at about 14 to 15 knots, just to appreciate the transformation from new, when built she was less than 10.000 G.T. with capacity for only 1000 passengers and 450 vehicles.

Cruise Ferries "AMSICORA" and "NURAGHES" at Civitavecchia

 New Cruise Ferries to this Blog, the "AMSICORA" and the "NURAGHES," both operated by TIRRENIA on the Civitavecchia to Sardinia route, AMSICORA sails to the main city on the Island, Cagliari, NURAGHES sails to Olbia. "AMSICORA" weighs 36.825 G.T. and was built in 2002, "NURAGHES" is slightly larger at 39.798 G.T. and newer being built two years later. Photos of "AMSICORA" were taken on the 15.7.2013 except the one where the ship is at sea, which was taken the day before from on board CRUISE ROMA, photos of "NURAGHES", 14.7.2013

M.V. "DOMIZIANA" at Genoa

We step back in time in this "post" to the year of 1989, seen here at Genoa is the former TIRRENIA ferry "DOMIZIANA", built in 1979 by ITALCANTIERI the ship was operated on the Genoa-Porto Torres route until 2011 when she was sold to ADRIA FERRIES and renamed AF FRANCESCA, she is 12.523 GRT.
TIRRENIA DI NAVIGAZIONE is an Italian company with a long history, it was formed in 1936 as a result of the nationalization of private owned Italian Lines, today the company operates 23 ships on Italian internal routes and also a service from Italy to ALBANIA. Photos at Genoa, summer 1989