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MV Venus

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History

The MV Venus is a large ropax ferry owned by Ocean Network Line and served the Manila-Coron-Puerto Princesa-Iloilo-Cebu and vice versa.

She was the former Ferry Kagoshima of Kirisame Lines and was built in 1989 and served Kitakyushu to Osaka.

She was brought by Ocean Network Line in 2012 together with its fleetmate the M/V Ferry Tosa(Future New Atlantica).She was retrofitted in the Ouano Wharf with a new stern roro ramp and passenger gangway.

In 2016 when underway to Puerto Princesa,Palawan she ran-aground nearthe Dumuran islands she was then successfully pulled out and repaired in Batangas and is still active up until today.

Gallery


MV Venus departing for Batangas and MV Harmonica docked in Manila for inspection in 2021.

MV Venus arriving from Iloilo and preparing to dock in Manila Pier 3 while MV Good Voyage is departing for Cebu in 2016.

Controls

Ag1-None
Ag2-None
Ag3-Ramp
Ag4-None
Ag5-None
Ag6-None
Ag7-None
Ag8-None

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 82.4ft (25.1m)
  • Length 588.5ft (179.4m)
  • Height 129.1ft (39.3m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 84,428lbs (38,296kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.665
  • Wing Loading 3,486.1lbs/ft2 (17,020.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 24.2ft2 (2.3m2)
  • Drag Points 509419

Parts

  • Number of Parts 444
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,437