MS Pascal Paoli
| History | |
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| Name | Pascal Paoli |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Bastia, Corsica, France |
| Route | Marseille, France - Bastia, France |
| Builder | Van der Giessen de Noord |
| Yard number | 988 |
| Launched | 26 October 2002 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 35,760 GT |
| Length | 176 m (577 ft) |
| Beam | 30.5 m (100 ft) |
| Draught | 6.60 m (22 ft) |
| Installed power | 4 x Wärtsilä 9L46 diesel engines |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 23 kn (43 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 72 crew |
| Notes |
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Pascal Paoli is a RoPax ferry owned . She was the last ferry built by the Van der Giessen de Noord yard. On January 5, 2016, Pascal Paoli was transferred to the Maritime Corse Méditerranée, a new entity succeeding SNCM following its takeover by the Corsican businessman Patrick Rocca. On February 3, after a technical stop at the Tunisian yards of Menzel Bourguiba, the ship arrived in Marseilles without any commercial markings. At the end of May 2016, the ship received the red livery of Corsica Linea, the trademark of the Corsican consortium Corsica Maritima which merged with the MCM. The ship departed Marseille for Bastia on May 25, 2016, for its first voyage under its new colors.