Norfolk Line has sold two ro-ro vessels to the Tunisian ferry operator Cotunav. The first of the pair has been delivered and changed name from Maersk Vlaardingen to Amilcar flying the Tunisian flag. The sister vessel Maersk Voyager will follow in March this year. The ro-ro’s were purchased on the secondhand market by Norfolk Line in 2005 from the Turkish UND Ro/Ro and operated between Istanbul and Trieste. Flensburger Schiffsbau Ges built the ro-ro sisters in 2000. The sale comes almost at the same time as the sale of Norfolk Line to DFDS Group came through. At the same time Norfolk Line has chartered the DFDS ro-ro Tor Britannia as replacement for the sold Flensburg ro-ro on the Norfolk Line service from Vlaardingen to Felixstowe.
The 14,200 DWT-vessels Maersk Vlaardingen and Maersk Voyage have 2,640 lanemetres on the decks. The price tag is EUR 32 million for each vessel, according to media reports.