MV Tasmanian Achiever

The MV Tasmanian Achiever is a cargo ship formerly operated by Toll Shipping in Australia. It was primarily used on Bass Strait between Melbourne, Victoria and Burnie, Tasmania, along with sister ship MV Victorian Reliance. Originally ordered by Brambles Limited, the ship was acquired by Toll with the purchase of Brambles' shipping business in 2002.[2] When CMA CGM, parent company of Australian National Line, withdrew the Bass Trader from the Melbourne to Bell Bay route in 2009, it entered into a joint venture to transfer cargo to the Toll ships.[3] As such it carried both Toll and ANL logos and the operator was sometimes quoted as "Toll ANL".

Tasmanian Achiever at the Port of Burnie in 2017
History
Name: Jolly Express
Owner:
  • Reliance Achiever Pty Limited (1999-2002)
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia (2002-2019)
Operator:
Port of registry: Melbourne,  Australia[1]
Route: Melbourne - Burnie
Builder: Samsung Heavy Industries, Geoje, South Korea
In service: 1999
Renamed:
  • Tasmanian Achiever (1999–2019)
  • Jolly Express (2019-)
Identification:
General characteristics
Type: Container and ro-ro
Tonnage: 20,343 GT, 11,000 DWT
Length: 183 m (600 ft)[1]
Beam: 22 m (72 ft)
Draught: 6.35 m (20.8 ft)
Installed power: 14,720 kW (19,740 hp) @ 750 rpm
Propulsion: 4 x Wartsila 8L32
Speed: 20.5 kn (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph)
Capacity: 592 TEU, 2,524 lane-metres

In March 2019 it was replaced on the Bass strait service by the larger MV Tasmanian Achiever II. Since September 2019 it has been operating between Italy and Tunesia under the name Jolly Express.[4]

References
  1. "TASMANIAN ACHIEVER". Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
  2. "Toll purchases Brambles' cargo ships". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 November 2002.
  3. "Toll to control Bass Strait freight". Herald Sun. 6 August 2009.
  4. "Debut Of JOLLY EXPRESS". 6 September 2019.
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