This catamaran is operated on services by Catamarán Bahía Cádiz from El Puerto de Santa Maria to Cádiz and from Rota to Cádiz. They are operated as part of Concorsio de Transportes Bahía de Cádiz. It was the second of the catamarans that effectively marked the take-over of the Bay of Cádiz ferries by the Government. It was built in 2005 by Izar, San Fernando with a GTW139 and is operated by Damas - Grupo Interbus. It is seen here in the Port of Cádiz on 15/09/2022.
This photo was taken from P&O Cruises - MV Britannia - IMO: 9614036, which had arrived earlier, having departed from Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, two days prior and where she had stayed for two days.
MV Britannia was completed on 26/02/2015 by Fincantieri, Monfalcone, Italy. She was laid down on 15/05/2013, launched on 14/02/2014 and Christened by the late HRH Queen Elizabeth II, on 10/03/2015 with her maiden voyage on the 14/03/2015. She is from the Royal Class of cruise ships and is British registered in Southampton. She has a GTW of 143,730, has seventeen decks of which fourteen are passenger accessible giving a maximum passenger capacity of 3,647 and 1,398 crew. She is powered by Wärtsilä 12V46F x 2 & Wärtsilä 14V46F x 2 & propulsion electric motors - 2 x VEM Sachsenwerk GMBH and is capable of 21.9 knots and a cruising speed of around 19 knots.
MV Britannia had departed from Ocean Cruise Terminal, Southampton, on 04/09/2022 for a lovely 14-night Mediterranean Cruise; Southampton - A Coruña, Spain - Valencia, Spain - La Seyne-sur-Mer(Toulon), France - Barcelona, Spain - Cadiz, Spain - Southampton. She was now awaiting departure for her next port which was back home to Southampton, on 18/09/2022. © Peter Steel 2022.
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