Orcadia
ferry
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Orcadia
- IMO number
- 7615490
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ferry
- Gross tonnage
- 899
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 70 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1977
- Builder
- Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
- Registered owner
- Caledonian Maritime Assets
- Operator
- Caledonian MacBrayne
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Orcadia
MV Orion (formerly MV Saturn and MV Orcadia) is a ro-ro passenger and vehicle ferry. Saturn was operated by Caledonian MacBrayne in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland between 1978 and 2011, for the first decade of her career on the Rothesay crossing. Later, she also saw service on the Dunoon and Brodick crossings, as well as on short cruises around the Clyde. After a lengthy lay-up, she was sold in 2015 to Pentland Ferries, renamed Orcadia, and converted for ferry services work with the renewable energy sector around Orkney and the Pentland Firth. In 2021 she was sold to Creta Cargo Lines, Greece, renamed Orion, and towed to Perama for conversion to increase freight capacity.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Orcadia now?
- Orcadia has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Orcadia?
- Orcadia is a ferry, built in 1977 by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company. The vessel is 70 m long and has a gross tonnage of 899.
- Who owns Orcadia?
- Orcadia is registered to Caledonian Maritime Assets and operated by Caledonian MacBrayne. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has Orcadia been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Orcadia appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).