MS Superfast IX

MV Atlantic Vision entering the harbour at Port aux Basques in May 2014.
History
Name:	2002–2008: Superfast IX 2008 onwards: Atlantic Vision
Owner:	2002–2006: Superfast Ferries 2006 onwards: Tallink
Operator:	2002–2006: Superfast Ferries 2006–2008: Tallink 2008 onwards: Marine Atlantic
Port of registry:	2002–2006: Piraeus,  Greece 2006–2008: Paldiski,  Estonia 2008 onwards: St Johns,  Canada
Route:	Channel-Port aux Basques–North Sydney Argentia–North Sydney
Builder:	HDW, Kiel, Germany
Yard number:	359
Launched:	18 November 2000
Christened:	11 January 2002
Acquired:	8 January 2002
Maiden voyage:	10 January 2002
In service:	10 January 2002
Identification:	Call sign: VYPN IMO number: 9211509 MMSI number: 316007000
Status:	In service
General characteristics (as built)
Type:	Ropax ferry
Tonnage:	30,285 GT 10,769 NT 5,915 DWT
Length:	203.30 m (667 ft)
Beam:	25.00 m (82 ft)
Draught:	6.68 m (21 ft 11 in)
Depth:	9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Decks:	10
Ice class:	1 A Super
Installed power:	4 × Wärtsilä-Sulzer 16ZAV40S 46,000 kW (combined)
Propulsion:	Two shafts, controllable pitch propellers 2 bow thrusters 1 stern thruster
Speed:	30.4 knots (56.3 km/h; 35.0 mph) (maximum) 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) (service)
Capacity:	626 passengers (as built) 728 passengers (after 2004 refit) 962 passengers (after 2008 refit) 661 cars (as built) 531 cars (after 2008 refit) 2,425 lane meters

MV Atlantic Vision is a fast ro-pax ferry owned by the Estonian ferry company Tallink, under charter to Canadian operator Marine Atlantic. In February 2015, Marine Atlantic announced that the lease on the vessel had been renewed until November 2017 for a cost of C$40 million. As of 2016 Atlantic Vision operates on Marine Atlantic's services between North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and the Newfoundland ports of Port aux Basques and Argentia.

The ship was built in 2002 as MS Superfast IX by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel, Germany for Attica Group's subsidiary Superfast Ferries.

She is currently the fastest RoPax and largest KW rating ferry operating in North America.

In 2001 Superfast Ferries had made a deal with the Swedish government to operate a ferry connection between Södertälje in Sweden and Rostock for ten years, starting from spring 2002.Superfast IX inaugurated this service in January 2002 (she started service on 10 January but wasn't officially named until the 11). The route proved to be unprofitable, and in April of the same year the it was closed down, with Superfast IX laid up at HDW in Kiel. On May of the same year Superfast IX, alongside her sister MS Superfast X, started a new service for Superfast, connecting Rosyth (Scotland) to Zeebrugge (Belgium). In February 2004 she was rebuilt with extra cabins at Fosen Mekaniske Verksteder, Fosen, Norway. In November 2005 Superfast IX was moved to Hanko—Rostock route.