HSC Fares 2

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History
Name
  • 1994–1995: Condor 11
  • 1995–1998: Cat-Link II
  • 1998–1999: Euroferrys I
  • 1999–2002: Euroferrys Primero
  • 2002: CatlinkII
  • 2002: Cat-Link II
  • 2002–2005: Elanora
  • 2005 onwards: Fares 2 [1]
Owner
Operator
  • 1995: Condor Ferries [2]
  • 1995–1998: Cat-Link
  • 1998–2002: Euroferrys
  • 2004–2005: Jetlink
  • 2005–2007: El Salam Maritime
  • 2007-present: Maritime Company for Navigation (MACNA) [1]
Builder Incat, Tasmania [2]
Yard number034
Launched21 July 1994 [2]
Identification IMO number:  9106091
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Length77.46 m (254 ft 2 in) [3]
Beam26.00 m (85 ft 4 in) [3]
Draught3.50 m (11 ft 6 in) [3]
Installed power4 × Ruston 16-cylinder 16RK270 High Efficiency Marine Diesel Engines [1] [3]
Propulsion4 × Lips 115DLX waterjets [3]
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) [3]
Capacity
  • 600 passengers [3]
  • 50 vehicles [3]

Fares 2 is a high-speed catamaran operated by Saudi Arabian ferry operator Maritime Company for Navigation (MACNA). She was launched on 21 July 1994. [2]

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Construction

Fares 2 was built in 1994 by Incat in Australia as Condor 11, and is one of a series of wave-piercing catamarans to be constructed by the company. [4]

Service

1995: Condor Ferries

Following a period of repairs after a crash during sea trials, Condor 11 entered service in May 1995 operating between England and the Channel Islands. Condor Ferries was at this time 50% owned by Holyman whose 50% shareholding had been acquired by predecessor company; Thomas Nationwide Transport in 1992. [5] Her time in operation with Condor was short lived, coming to an end in October 1995. [2]

Renamed Cat-Link II she was quickly transferred into the operations of another Holyman subsidiary; Cat-Link in which they held 75%. [6] During her Cat-Link service, she operated on the Aarhus - Kalundborg route. [2]

1998–2002: Euroferrys

In 1998 Holyman chartered the vessel on a four-year charter to Spanish operator; Euroferrys. She was firstly renamed Euroferrys I, on entry into service, though was later renamed again as Euroferrys Primero. After the charter ended in 2002 Holyman sold her to CBA Asia and she was laid up awaiting future service, during which time she was renamed again as Elanora. [2]

Whilst chartered to Norwegian startup company; Jetlink in 2004, with a proposed renaming to Jetlink Express, her proposed entry into service originally planned for September 2004 was delayed firstly to November, then December and then again until March 2005. Ultimately even this date was missed for unknown reasons and she never entered service for the company, and indeed the company never commenced operations. [7]

2005–2007: El Salam Maritime

After the failure to launch of Jetlink, the vessel was purchased by Egyptian ferry operator El Salam Maritime. [1] El Salam at that time transported over one million passengers a year and was one of the largest private shipping companies in the Middle East. [8] They renamed the vessel Fares 2, [2] however El Salam gained considerable unwanted media attention shortly after, in 2006 after the sinking of the al-Salam Boccaccio 98 in the Red Sea, with the loss of over 1000 lives. [8]

2007–present: Maritime Company for Navigation (MACNA)

Fares 2 came under the ownership of the Saudi Arabian company; Maritime Company for Navigation, also known by its initials MACNA, in February 2007. [2]

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "HSC Fares 2". FerrySite. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "HSC CONDOR 11". Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Hull 034 78m Wave Piercing Catamaran Car Passenger Ferry - General Specification" (PDF). Incat. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "INCAT HULL 034 / 78m WAVE PIERCING CATAMARAN". Incat. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Transport companies see divisive market approach Truck & Bus Transportation November 1992 page 19
  6. ↑ Holyman looks to global growth with fast cats Australian Financial Review 16 March 1996
  7. ↑ "Jetlink to Introduce Incat 78m in Scandinavia". Classic Fast Ferries (2): 5. 2005.
  8. 1 2 Mohamed Gad-el-Hak (23 June 2008). Large-Scale Disasters: Prediction, Control, and Mitigation. Cambridge University Press. p. 57. ISBN   978-1-139-47229-6.
  9. ↑ "1384.6 – Statistics – Tasmania, 2006". Abs.gov.au. 13 September 2002. Retrieved 19 February 2013.


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