HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2

HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2 was a fast passenger ferry (catamaran) operated by the Venezuelan ferry company Conferry on the line between Puerto la Cruz and Punta de Piedras, Margarita Island.

Tallink AutoExpress 2 at quay 8 in Port of Tallinn on June 21, 2007
History
Name:
  • 1997–2001: Boomerang
  • 2001 onwards: Tallink AutoExpress 2
Owner: 2009 onwards: Conferry
Operator:
Port of registry:
Builder: Austal, Henderson, Western Australia
Yard number: 53
Launched: 1 March 1997
Acquired: May 1997
Identification:
Fate: Sank
Status: Sank
General characteristics [2]
Tonnage: 5,419 GT
Length: 82.3 m (270 ft 0 in)
Beam: 23.0 m (75 ft 6 in)
Draught: 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Installed power: 4 x MTU 20V 1163 TB73 diesel engines
Propulsion: 4 x Kamewa waterjets
Speed: 38 knots (service speed)
Capacity:
  • 700 passengers
  • 175 cars

History

The ship was built in 1997 by Austal in Australia. The vessel is of the AutoExpress 82 type designed by Austal. The ship was named HSC Boomerang, and was owned by Sea Tropid Co. Ltd. (Polferries). In 2001 the ship was bought by Tallink and renamed HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2, operating between Tallinn, Estonia, and Helsinki, Finland. On October 12, 2007, the ship collided with HSC SuperSeaCat Three in Tallinn Harbour, resulting a meter-long hole in the ship's side. No passengers were harmed in the incident. After that, the vessel was chartered to Conferry, a ferry operator in Venezuela. On November 3, the vessel arrived at the premises of Curaçao Drydock, after being delivered by Redwise. It was bought by Conferry in 2009. On August 6, 2018 it has partially sunk due to a lack of proper maintenance, abandoned in the port of Guanta, Venezuela. It was no longer operational since around 2017 due to lack of funds caused by economic crisis in Venezuela.

References
  1. Tallink Autoexpress 2
  2. Boomerang Austal
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