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of the new Corsica Ferries large conventional ships Mega Express
and Mega Express Two.
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- Mega Express and Mega Express Two were
built at the Livorno yards of Orlando, who are obviously proud
of them since they feature large plaques on their stern advertising
(in English) "Made in Italy by Orlando". Mega Express
is shown as Mega Express I in many publications, but the
former name is that carried. All photos below were taken by Ian
Boyle. July 2000 photos at Livorno show the two ships under construction.
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- August 2001 photos at
Bastia show the Mega Express in service. Compare how the
yellow hull paint has been carried lower down the hull since
the photos under construction. It seems that Mega Express
sits higher in the water than expected! This is confirmed by
Giulio Gennaro, of the Studio di Ingegneria Navale e Meccanica
(Genova), who writes:- Both Mega Express have a smaller draft
than initially foreseen, thanks to a very careful weight optimisation
during final design and construction. This even turned out to
be a problem during sea trial, as the contractual draft forseen
for the sea trial was impossible to achieve without loading the
ship. In any case you correctly quote that service speed is 29
knots, futhermore maximum speed is over 31 knots and the ships
handle very well in any sea state.
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- Mega
Express Postcards
- Mega
Express leaving Bastia - August 2001
- Mega
Express arriving Bastia - August 2001
- Mega
Express leaving Toulon - August 2001
- Mega
Express under construction - July 2000
- Mega
Express Two under construction - July 2000
- Mega Express Official Information Page
1 - Interiors
(opens in a new window - 120k file)
- Mega Express Official Information Page
2 - Deck
Plans (opens in a new window - 120k file)
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- Associated Pages:-
- Corsica
Ferries
- Ferries
of Bastia
- Ferry
Postcards
- Simplon Postcards
Home Page
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- Mega Express Postcards
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- Two large conventional
ferries named Mega Express and Mega Express Two have
been constructed in Livorno by Orlando. I have now added
an official builders and Corsica Ferries cards of Mega Express,
and photos of them under construction are available on this
link. It has
been announced that one of the ships will compete directly with
SNCM-Ferryterranee, opening new Corsica Ferries routes from Toulon
to Corsica. They are 176 metres long, carry 1756 passengers and
550 vehicles, and have a service speed of 29 knots.
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builders' card of Mega Express is shown below.
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back of the official builders' card of Mega Express is
shown below, to show the special postmarks.
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- Official
Corsica Ferries postcard of Mega Express.
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- La Corse
Inoubliable postcard 34.41.13 of Mega Express at Bastia.
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- Simplon
Postcards
sp2167 of Mega Express, released December 2001.
- Photographed
at Bastia in August 2001 by Ian Boyle.
- Simplon
Postcards are now available from Harold Jordan.
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- Mega Express Arriving
Bastia (Corsica) - August 2001
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17:25hrs arrival at Bastia from Savona, prior to sailing overnight
to Toulon (France) at 22:30hrs.
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- Mega Express Leaving
Bastia (Corsica) - August 2001
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- The
8:30am departure from Bastia to Savona, having arrived overnight
from Toulon (France)
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- Mega Express Arriving
Toulon - August 2001
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- Mega Express arriving Toulon at 20:30hrs prior
to taking the 22:30hrs to Bastia. Compare how the yellow hull
paint has been carried lower down the hull since the photos below
when under construction. It seems that Mega Express sits
higher in the water than expected!
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- Mega
Express
at Toulon, August 2001.
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© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega
Express
at Toulon, August 2001.
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© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega Express Under Construction
- Livorno July 2000
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- Mega
Express
at Livorno, July 2000.
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from the P&O cruise ship Oriana.
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega
Express
at Livorno, July 2000.
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© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega
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at Livorno, July 2000.
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© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega
Express
at Livorno, July 2000.
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© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega
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at Livorno, July 2000.
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© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega
Express
at Livorno, July 2000.
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© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega
Express
at Livorno, July 2000.
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© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega
Express
at Livorno, July 2000.
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© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega Express Two Under
Construction - Livorno July 2000
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- Mega
Express Two
at Livorno, July 2000.
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from the P&O cruise ship Oriana.
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega
Express Two
at Livorno, July 2000.
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© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega
Express Two
at Livorno, July 2000.
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© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega
Express Two
at Livorno, July 2000.
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© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega
Express Two - Nice
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- Mega
Express Two
leaving Nice on 22nd February 2005.
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle.
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- Mega
Express Two
leaving Nice on 22nd February 2005.
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle.
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