MV Ark Futura

MV Ark Futura
MV Ark Futura in Cuxhaven harbour
History
Name
  • 1996–2000: Dana Futura
  • 2000–2011: Tor Futura
  • 2011–present: Ark Futura
Owner
  • 1996–2000: DFDS Italia Srl, Genoa
  • 2000–2006: DFDS, Copenhagen
  • 2006–present: DFDS Logistics Rederi, Oslo[1]
OperatorDFDS[2]
Port of registry
BuilderCantiere Navale Visentini, Porto Viro
Yard number179
Launched13 October 1995
CompletedMay 1996
IdentificationIMO number: 9129598
Statusactive
General characteristics
Tonnage13,500 DWT, 18,725 GT[2]
Length183.10 m (600.7 ft)[2]
Beam25.20 m (82.7 ft)[2]
Draught7.35 m (24.1 ft)[2]
Depth15.70 m (51.5 ft)
Decks3[2]
Installed powerMAN B&W 58/64, 15,119 bhp[2]
PropulsionSingle screw
Speed18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph)[2]

MV Ark Futura is a 13,500 DWT roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) freighter, completed in 1996 as Dana Futura (subsequently Tor Futura) for the Danish shipping group DFDS. She has operated commercially on many freight ferry routes, but since 2004 has also served in the Royal Danish Navy to provide transport support to the NATO Response Force. In December 2013 Ark Futura was deployed to transport Syria's chemical weapons for transfer in Italy to the United States Navy for destruction. Since 2018 the vessel has been under operation by Nikolai Celeste, an oil sheik originated from Italy and Denmark.

  1. ^ "Ark Futura". Equasis (registration required). Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Cite error: The named reference DFDSArk was invoked but never defined (see the help page).