MS Superstar

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MS Superstar arriving in Tallinn, May 2008
Career
Name: MS Superstar
Owner: Tallink Superfast Ltd[1]
Operator: Tallink
Route: HelsinkiTallinn[2]
Ordered: 5 August 2005[3]
Builder: Fincantieri Ancona, Italy[4]
Cost: 120 million[1]
Yard number: 6140[4]
Laid down: 18 January 2007[5]
Launched: 5 October 2007[6]
Christened: 5 October 2007 by Kaia Kanepi[6]
Acquired: 8 April 2008[1]
In service: 21 April 2008[2]
Identification: IMO number: 9365398[4]
Status: In service
General characteristics [4]
Class and type: Moby Wonder-class fast cruiseferry
Tonnage: 36,400 GT (gross tonnage)
5,400 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
Length: 175.10 m (574 ft 6 in)[1]
Beam: 27.60 m (90 ft 7 in)
Draught: 7.00 m (23 ft)
Ice class: 1 A[6]
Installed power: 4 × Wärtsilä diesels
combined 50400 kW
Speed: 27.5 kn (51 km/h)
Capacity: 2080 passengers[1]
173 berths[1]
665 cars
1930 lanemeters[1]

MS Superstar is a fast ropax ferry owned by the Estonia-based Tallink and operated on their HelsinkiTallinn service. She was built in 2008 at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy.[4]

Concept and construction

The design of the Superstar is based on Moby Lines' MS Moby Wonder.[4] The original order included an option for a second ship of the same type, which Tallink decided not to exercise.[3]

The keel of the vessel was laid on January 18, 2007.[5] On October 5 2007, the Superstar was christened by the Estonian tennis player Kaia Kanepi.[6] The ship was delivered on 8 April 2008[1] and left Ancona for the Baltic Sea a day later.[citation needed]

Service history

Superstar entered service on Tallink's HelsinkiTallinn route on 21 April 2008.[4] On 30 April 2008 the ship suffered a hydraulics problem while leaving Tallinn, and one Tallinn—Helsinki roundtrip had to be cancelled.[7] On 27 February 2009 , while en-route from Tallinn to Helsinki with 400 passengers onboard the ship's main engines stopped due to problems with the cooling systems at 8:45 AM. The ship was adrift for nearly two hours, with emergency generators providing electricity, until full power could be restored at 10:30 AM. Superstar arrived in Helsinki at 11:30, two hours behind schedule.[8][9]

Design

The green external livery of the ship is according to Tallink promotion material "meant to reflect the environmentally friendly aspects of the ship's design".[6]

The onboard facilities include a three-deck high showlounge, four restaurants, cafeteria, two bars, a casino, a business lounge and various shops. The interiors of the ship have been designed by the Italian designers Carlo Ciribi and Alessandro Cestaro.[6]

Sister ship

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Superstar was delivered to Tallink". Tallink press release. Tallink. 2008-04-08. http://www.tallink.com/mainMenu/pressRoom/pressReleases/pr08042008_Superstar_delivered.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-08. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Laevad: Superstar" (in in Estonian). Tallink. http://www.tallink.ee/ee/tab2/ships/superstar.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-07. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 (Finnish) FCBS Forum: Tallink tilasi nopeakulkuisen lautan myös Fincantieriltä, retrieved 7. 10. 2007
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Asklander, Micke. "M/S Superstar (2008)" (in in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/superstar_2008.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-07. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Tallink's New Vessel's Keel to be Laid in Italy Today". Tallink press release. Tallink. http://www.tallink.com/mainMenu/pressRoom/pressReleases/pr180107.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-07. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Tallink's New Vessel Named Superstar". Tallink press release. Tallink. http://www.tallink.com/mainMenu/pressRoom/pressReleases/pr071007.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-07. 
  7. "Tallink Superstar jatkaa liikennöintiä tänä iltana" (in Finnish). MTV3 / Kotimaa. MTV3. 2008-04-30. http://www.mtv3.fi/uutiset/kotimaa.shtml/arkistot/kotimaa/2008/04/641005. Retrieved 2008-05-01. 
  8. "Konevika pysäytti Tallinkin Superstarin Suomenlahdelle" (in Finnish). HS.fi. Helsingin Sanomat. 2009-02-27. http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/artikkeli/Konevika%20pys%C3%A4ytti%20Tallinkin%20Superstarin%20Suomenlahdelle/1135243880393. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 
  9. Filippov, Madis (2009-02-28). "Ulatuslik automaatikarike hoidis Superstari tunde Helsingi reidil" (in Estonian). Postimees. http://www.postimees.ee/?id=88135. Retrieved 2009-02-28. 

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