Engineering:Aranui 5
 Aranui 5, 2015
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| Name: | Aranui 5 |
| Owner: | Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime (CPTM) |
| Port of registry: | Papeete, French Polynesia (France ) |
| Builder: | Huanghai Shipbuilding, Shandong, China [1] |
| In service: | 12 December 2015 |
| Homeport: | Papeete, French Polynesia |
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| Status: | In service |
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| Length: | 126 m (413 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 24 m (78 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)[1] |
| Decks: | 10 |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[1] |
| Capacity: | 256 |
| Crew: | 64[1] |
M/V Aranui 5 is a dual passenger/cargo vessel that entered service on 12 December 2015 between Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands.[3] With a homeport of Papeete, French Polynesia, the Aranui 5 replaced the Aranui 3 which entered service in 2003.[4]
No Aranui 4 ever went into service, because the number four is regarded as unlucky in China,[5] from which Wing Wong, founder of Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime (CPTM), the family business that operates the Aranui voyages, emigrated to Tahiti in the 1930s.[4][6]
Aranui 5, like its predecessor, is registered as a passenger ship under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), for international operation.[4]
As well as carrying cargo to and from the six ports in the Marquesas Islands, Aranui 5 operates a passenger service and tourist cruise as part of its monthly 12-day itinerary; the ship also stops at the Rangiroa and Tuamotu atolls before returning to Tahiti.[7]
Additional Aranui 5 trips operate to other islands in French Polynesia and beyond, including Rarotonga and the Cook Islands and once a year to Pitcairn Island.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Cruise Ship Position". cruiseshipposition. 2015. http://www.cruiseshipposition.com/small-cruise-ships/aranui-5-position/. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "Details and Current Position". marinetraffic. 2015. http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:3609062/mmsi:546018800/vessel:ARANUI%205. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "Aranui 5 inauguré en grande pompe" (in fr). Tahiti Infos. 9 December 2015. https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Aranui-5-inaugure-en-grande-pompe_a141629.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Aranui 5 Dual-Purpose Passenger/Cargo Ship". 2015-06-28. https://www.ship-technology.com/projects/aranui-5-dual-purpose-passengercargo-ship-french-polynesia/.
- ↑ "Aranui 5 : un nouveau cargo pour les Marquises" (in fr). Tahiti Infos. 9 November 2015. https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Aranui-5-un-nouveau-cargo-pour-les-Marquises_a140181.html.
- ↑ Wheeler, Tony (22 January 2023). "The Aranui 5 – a passenger-cargo ship in French Polynesia" (in en). https://tonywheeler.com.au/the-aranui-5-a-passenger-cargo-ship-in-french-polynesia/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Wheeler, Tony (2023-04-03). "On board the Pacific's strangest cruise ship" (in en). https://www.traveller.com.au/on-board-the-pacifics-strangest-cruise-ship-h2au90.
External links
- Aranui The Official Site
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