AML Adds the Ferry “Morocco Sun” to the Tangier Med Line

The ferry “Morocco Sun”, flagged in Morocco, has joined this week the Tangier Med-Algeciras line, chartered by the Moroccan company AML, as a reinforcement to the services of the OPE 2019, totaling eleven rotations along with the movements of the vessels “Morocco Star” and “Amman”.

It is a well-known vessel in the area, as it was formerly named “Le Rif”, under which it sailed between March 2002 and April 2008 flying the flag of the Moroccan shipping company International Maritime Transport Corporation (IMTC), on the same route it is now operating.

Formerly “Stena Galloway”, previously “Galloway Princess”, it is a ship built at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, and has been in service since April 1980, when it was first launched for Sealink UK Ltd.

With a gross tonnage of 6,630 tons and a deadweight of 1,895 tons, it measures 129.44 m in length, 21.62 m in beam, and 4.74 m in draft. It has capacity for 974 passengers, 309 cars, and 744 linear meters for rolling cargo, powered by two Pielstick Crossley 12PC2V engines, totaling a power of 11,770 kW and maintaining a speed of 18 knots. IMO Code 7719430.

Photo: Juan Gabriel Mata