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Reported fleet size
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No published figure available
Container capacity
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Not a ranked container line
Gross tonnage on record
95,988
Summed over 2 ships reporting tonnage
In brief
TT-Line Company Pty Ltd, trading as Spirit of Tasmania, is a Tasmanian Government-owned business enterprise that has provided Bass Strait ferry services between mainland Australia and Tasmania since July 1993. Navigating Bass Strait, Spirit of Tasmania ferries cover a distance of 242 nautical miles (448 km; 278 mi) between Geelong, Victoria and Devonport, Tasmania. Each journey takes approximately 9-11 hours, and are normally overnight crossings.
Currently, the TT-Line Company's fleet includes two Finnish-built vessels: MS Spirit of Tasmania I and MS Spirit of Tasmania II. These ships were expected to be replaced by MS Spirit of Tasmania IV and MS Spirit of Tasmania V in 2024 and 2025 respectively, but delivery has been delayed because of delays around the construction of an upgraded wharf at Devonport. Between 2003 and 2006, Spirit of Tasmania operated a service between Sydney and Devonport using the former MS Spirit of Tasmania III.
In addition to passenger services, Spirit of Tasmania provides sea freight and roll on/roll off transport for vehicles, making it a vital link between Tasmania and the mainland. Since 1996, fares have been subsidised through the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme, which aims to make ferry travel more affordable for passengers and promote economic activity between the regions.
Corporate profile
Corporate structure
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Fleet on record
Composition of the 2 vessels this registry attributes to TT-Line Company. Bars are true proportions of that set, not of the company's full fleet.
Delivery history
Ships delivered in each of the last 10 years, counted from the recorded build year of vessels attributed to this company, with the running total of its fleet on record. 2 deliveries fall inside this window.
| Year | Deliveries | Ships delivered | Gross tonnage added | Fleet on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 2018 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 47,994 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 | 47,994 | 2 |
Vessel records
| Ship | IMO | Type | Flag | Built | Gross tonnage | Deadweight | Length | Builder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9936587 | Ro-Ro | Australia | 2024 | 47,994 | 6,869 | 212.1 m | Rauma Marine Constructions | |
| 9936599 | Ro-Ro | Australia | 2026 | 47,994 | 6,400 | — | Rauma Marine Constructions |
Ships in registry counts individual vessel records attributed to the company here. Reported fleet is the company’s published total. They measure different things and are shown separately on purpose.
In context
Counts over companies and vessels actually held in this directory — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.
With 2 vessels attributed to it here, TT-Line Company is the 341st largest of the 965 operators in this directory that hold at least one ship on record, against a median of 2 across that group. That is a count of individually identified hulls, not the company’s published fleet size — the two are different measurements and both are shown above where available.
Australia is the country of registration for 17 commercial operators in this directory, among which TT-Line Company ranks 2nd by ships on record. Between them those companies hold 16 vessels here. See every operator registered in Australia.
Founded in 1993, TT-Line Company is 33 years old. This directory holds 147 operators founded within five years either side of that date, whose median fleet on record is 1 ships. The median founding year across all commercial operators here is 1966, and the oldest on record dates to 1514.
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Provenance
Company and vessel recordsWikidata item Q11704194, released under CC0. Counted figures on this page are counts over those records.
Written summaryQuoted from Spirit of Tasmania on English Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Published fleet figuresNo published fleet figure is available for this company.
