Malta main tourist attractions Ferry TA'PINU

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Malta post issued 2024 a set of stamps of the main tourist attractions of Malta, one stamps shows us the Mgarr harbour of Gozo. By the stamp is given by Malta post:
The stamp shows a ferry just outside the break waters leaving the harbour, she is one of the three sisterships of Gozo Ferries Co., she are the TA’PINU, GAUDOS or MALTA.

MaltaPost is a member of the Small European Postal Administrations Cooperation (SEPAC), an association of 13 European postal authorities. Each year, a joint stamp issue bearing a common theme is launched by all member countries. For 2024 the theme chosen is "Main Tourist Attractions". In this regard MaltaPost is launching a set of four stamps depicting popular tourist attractions in Malta and Gozo. The photography of all four images is by Daniel Cilia, one of Malta's foremost photographers.

The 0.45 stamp portrays an aerial view of Mgarr Harbour. This fishing port serves as the gateway to the island of Gozo as it is the first town reached on arriving by ferry from Malta. The harbour area is dominated by a splendid neo-gothic monument, the church of Our Lady of Lourdes, built in 1888. To the southwest lie the powerful bastioned walls of Fort Chambray, built during the rule of the Order of St. John. The aerial view shows luxurious yachts, fishing boats and passenger ferries within a colourful port backed by flat-roofed houses and surrounded by restaurants.

I will give the details of the first ship built. TA’PINU.

Built as a ferry/roro under yard no 178 by Malta shipbuilding Co,. Marsa, Malta for Gozo Ferries Co.
01 January 1999 contract signed.
28 January 1998 laid down.
17 September 1999 launched as the TA’PINI two sisters the GAUDOS and MALTA.
Tonnage: 4893 GT, 1462 NT, 1064 DWT, dim. 85.4 x 8.0 x 6.2m, length between lpp.80.6m. Draught 4.11m.
Powered: diesel electric, by 4 Ulstein-Bergen diesels, 5300 kW, speed 12 knots.
Capacity when built for 800 passengers and 72 cars.
22 January 2000 completed. IMO No 9176307.

After delivery used in the service between Mgarr and Cirkewwa.


MV TA’ PINU

Delivered from the Malta Shipbuilding Co in 2000, the Gozo Channel Company’s TA’PINU was the lead vessel in a three-ship fleet rebuilding scheme which saw the older second-hand ships which had operated for the company since 1979 being mostly phased-out.
Between February and June 2012 it was refitted with an extra car deck at the Palumbo Shipyards. Ta’ Pinu was back in service on 15 June 2012 carrying 138 cars instead of the previous 72.
Type: Double ended car ferry
Built: 2000
Builder: Malta Ship Building
Owner: Gozo Channel
Length: 83; Beam: 18; DWT: 1064; GT: 4893; Draft: 4
Engines: Diesel-Electric, Ulstein Bergen
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 12.5 / 9.5 knots
Passengers: 900
Cars: 138 (72 – car daeck; 66 – hoistable deck)
Sister Ships: MV GAUDOS; MV MALTA.

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