The newest Spirit of Tasmania ferry has arrived in Australian waters after a six-week voyage from Scotland — but it will still be more than a week before it is expected to reach Hobart.
Spirit of Tasmania IV — one of two new vessels that are set to replace TT-Line's current ageing Bass Strait ferries — left the Scottish port of Leith on June 30.
The 212-metre-long ship reached Fremantle in Western Australia on Tuesday, after travelling via Gibraltar, Cape Verde off the western coast of Africa, Cape Town in South Africa and Port Louis in Mauritius.
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