MS Translandia

MS Translandia was a freight/passenger ferry owned by the shipping company Salem Al Makrani Cargo from Dubai. She was built in 1976 by J. J. Sietas Werft, Hamburg, West Germany for Poseidon Schiffahrts oHG as MS Transgermania. Between 2004 and 2012 she sailed for Finnish shipping company Eckerö Line on their route connecting Helsinki, Finland, to Tallinn, Estonia.

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  MS Translandia in April 2007

History
Name:	1976–1993: Transgermania 1993–1995: Rosebay 1995–1997: Eurostar 1997–1998: Eurocruiser 1998–2001: Rosebay 2001–2004: Transparaden 2004–2014: Translandia
Owner:	2004–2013: Eckerö Line 2013–2014: Salem Al Makrani Cargo Co[1]
Operator:	2004–2013: Eckerö Line 2013 onwards: Salem Al Makrani Cargo Co
Port of registry:	2004–2013: Eckerö,  Finland 2013–2014: Moroni,  Comoros
Route:	2004–2012: Helsinki–Tallinn
Builder:	J. J. Sietas Werft, Hamburg, West Germany
Yard number:	792[2]
Launched:	27 August 1976[2]
Christened:	1976
Completed:	1 January 1976[1]
Acquired:	30 October 1976[2]
Maiden voyage:	4 November 1976
Out of service:	2014
Identification:	Call sign: D6HL1 IMO number: 7429229 MMSI number: 616999287
Fate:	Scrapped at Alang, India in 2014
General characteristics
Type:	ferry
Tonnage:	13,867 GRT[1]
Length:	135.75 m (445 ft 4 in)[1]
Beam:	21.7 m (71 ft 2 in)[1]
Draught:	5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)[1]
Ice class:	1 A
Installed power:	2 × MAN 6-52/55A diesels 9,318 kW (12,496 hp)[1] combined
Propulsion:	Twin screw, controllable pitch propellers[1]
Speed:	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)[1]
Capacity:	63 passengers 63 passenger beds vehicles (1,624 lane meters)