Toll Shipping

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Toll Shipping ferry service provider, operating in Australasia. The company operates ferries in Australia and New Zealand, including the Interislander Line connecting the north and south islands of New Zealand

On 1 November 2002, Toll Holdings purchased the Brambles Shipping business, to form Toll Shipping and remains a division of the parent company.

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[edit] Bass Strait

The company has dedicated roll-on roll-off cargo terminals at Melbourne's Webb Dock and at McGaw Wharf in Burnie. An on-wharf rail siding in Burnie (Toll subsidiary Pacific National bought TasRail in 2003) and a direct interface with road transport in both Melbourne and Burnie provides inter-modal transport between mainland Australia and Tasmania.

[edit] Vessels

[edit] Current fleet

  • MV Tasmanian Achiever (1999)
  • MV Victorian Reliance (1999)

[edit] Former fleet

  • MV City of Port Melbourne
  • MV City of Burnie

[edit] The Interislander

The New Zealand division of the firm is branded The Interislander and operates four vessels between Picton and Wellington across Cook Strait, connecting with Toll Rail services. The service carries about one million passengers and 230,000 vehicles per year on 5,700 sailings. The division began as the New Zealand Railways Department's inter-island ferry service, and prior to being named The Interislander in 1989 was known as "SeaRail" under the New Zealand Railways Corporation. The Interislander ferry line has in the past few years been investigated for several incidents involving its passenger ferry fleet. There are currently several investigations under way by the New Zealand maritime safety authority in relation to endangering passengers on various cook strait crossings during rough sea conditions. On August 23rd 2007 two of these investigations were reported with the opinion of the marine safety authority being that the Interislander line did not place passengers in danger.

[edit] Current fleet

  • MV Arahura (rail/road/passenger, built 1982)
  • MV Aratere (rail/road/passenger, built 1999)
  • MV Kaitaki (road/passenger, built 1995 as Isle of Innisfree. Chartered by Interislander in 2005 under the name Challenger. Renamed Kaitaki in 2007)

[edit] Former fleet

  • MV Aramoana (rail/road/passenger, 1962-1985)
  • MV Aranui (rail/road/passenger, 1966-1985)
  • MV Arahanga (rail/road/passenger, 1972-2001)
  • MV Aratika (rail/road/passenger, 1974-1999)
  • MV Purbeck (road freight only, to 2006)

The Lynx: Various High Speed Craft (HSC) have operated under this marketing name (all road/passenger):

[edit] Statistics

  • Journey time: 3 hours; 3 hours 10 minutes for Kaitaki
  • Distance: 92 kilometres (57.5 miles)
  • Arahura in Maori means "Pathway to dawn"
  • Aratere in Maori means "Quick path"
  • Kaitaki in Maori means "Challenger"

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