SPIRIT OF TASMANIA IV © TT-Line

SPIRIT OF TASMANIA IV Leaves Leith for Voyage Home to Hobart

FerrySPIRIT OF TASMANIA IV has now departed the Port of Leith, where it has been docked since December last year, for the 14,857-nautical-mile voyage to Hobart. The 212-metre-long, 48,000gt vessel will travel to Hobart via Gibraltar, Cape Verde Islands (off the western coast of Africa), Cape Town in South Africa, Port Louis in Mauritius, and Fremantle in Western Australia.

SPIRIT OF TASMANIA IV is required to stay in Fremantle for four days for vessel importation into Australia, Customs and Immigration formalities, a crew change, bunkers, and fresh stores.

TT-Line CEO Chris Carbone said SPIRIT OF TASMANIA IV was expected to complete the trip to Australia (Fremantle) in approximately six weeks, weather conditions permitting.

“We expect the vessel will be alongside in Hobart in late August for the final fit-out of items, including Tasmanian-made mattresses and tabletops, cabin stores, and artwork, and to undertake vessel crew training,” he said.

“The training for our crew involves emergency response exercises, passenger muster simulation, firefighting drills, deployment of lifeboats, and the mass evacuation systems.

”Meanwhile, in Tasmania, Mr Carbone said the work to develop the new SPIRIT OF TASMANIA terminal at Devonport was well underway.

“We have seen significant progress in the passenger vehicle areas and freight yards,” he said.

“The team has begun the complex operation to install 27 marine piles for the wharf and the loading gantry. Nine have been completed.”

With the sister ship SPIRIT OF TASMANIA V, having left the RMC Shipyard on 26 June, both ships are now on their way home.

Jul 01 2025