MV Serengeti

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NameMV Serengeti
Namesake Serengeti
Operator Marine Services Company Limited
Completed1988 [1]
Homeport Mwanza, Tanzania
General characteristics
Typepassenger and cargo ship
Tonnage975  GT [1]
Length55.6 m (182 ft) [1]
Beam11.7 m (38 ft) [1]
Draught2.76 m (9 ft 1 in) [1]
Rampsbow [1]
Propulsiondiesel
Capacity
  • 593 passengers [1]
  • 350 tons cargo [1]

MV Serengeti is a Lake Victoria passenger and cargo ship operated by the Marine Services Company Limited of Mwanza, Tanzania.

Serengeti has a ramp in her bow for road vehicle access. [1] In design she is a vehicular and passenger ferry, but MSC operates her in tramp trade. [1]

She was built in 1988 for the Tanzania Railways Corporation Marine Division. In 1997 the Marine Division became a separate company, Marine Services Company Ltd. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "MV. Serengeti". Vessels. Marine Services Company Limited. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  2. "Home". Marine Services Company Limited. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.