{"id":3383,"date":"2026-05-02T10:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/3383\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:19:10","slug":"spirit-of-tasmania-v-arrives-in-geelong-as-preparation-for-bass-strait-voyages-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/3383\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit of Tasmania V arrives in Geelong as preparation for Bass Strait voyages continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Both of the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels are officially in Victoria&#8217;s Port Philip Bay, following the arrival of the second ferry in Geelong today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The Spirit of Tasmania V has just completed a seven-week journey from Scotland, where it was being stored following its construction in Finland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The 212-metre-long vessel will undergo gantry testing at the Port of Geelong tomorrow, before being temporarily relocated to Station Pier in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A large red and white ferry.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b1d1a481bdf35649dd6f9903f3d554fd.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The Spirit V will begin ferrying passengers across the Bass Strait from the end of October. (Supplied: Rauma Marine Constructions)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In a statement, TT-Line chief executive Chris Carbone said the Spirit of Tasmania V would remain in Melbourne until a berth opened up for its final fit-out in Hobart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The Spirit of Tasmania IV, which arrived in Australia about eight months ago, is currently moored at Melbourne&#8217;s Nelson Pier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Following a beleaguered replacement program beset with delays and cost blowouts, both vessels are set to begin ferrying passengers across the Bass Strait later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Tickets are already being sold for voyages between October 31 and December 12, however not all accommodation types are available yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">TT-Line has previously stated the full range of accommodation \u2014 including pet cabins, family cabins and business recliners \u2014 would become available to book from this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The company&#8217;s existing ferries are expected to continue to sail as normal throughout the transition between the new and current ships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Both of the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels are officially in Victoria&#8217;s Port Philip Bay, following the arrival&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,21,4645,4649,4647,4648,4644,4650,4642,4643,4651,4646],"class_list":["post-3383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-big-red-and-white-ferry","tag-ferries","tag-new-boats-tasmania","tag-new-ferries","tag-new-tasmania-ferries","tag-spirit-iv","tag-spirit-of-tasmania-v","tag-spirit-v","tag-tas-tickets","tag-when-do-tickets-become-available-for-spirit-v"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}