When in 1977 the HADAG ferry VOLKSDORF moved from the river Elbe to the Tagus, she became the MARVILA and has sailed back and forth over the river banks ever since. By now she is one of four ex-German ferries still in service in Lisbon.
Her former running mates PORTO BRANDÃO, VOUGA and CASTELO are no longer in service, but the MOURARIA, S. PAULUS and TRAFARIA PRAIA are still active showing her clear strong German lines to its best.
The MARVILA ex-VOLKSDORF is employed on the Belém to Porto Brandão and Trafaria ferry service and despite her 50 years - she built in Hamburg in 1956, she is still going strong...
Copyright photos and text by Luís Miguel Correia - 2006
Ias gostar de estar na Semana do Mar agora. Não são navios mas são barcos e regatas mil! :)
ReplyDeleteCaiê,
ReplyDeleteDe qualquer maneira tenho de voltar aí em breve. E gostava de fotografar o novo ferry ILHA AZUL, no qual andei em 1982 quando ele era de facto novo. Fazia a carreira Algeciras - Ceuta, em 1982...
LMC
Mas quando estiveres aqui, diz! :) Manda e-mail à Pug!
ReplyDeleteCaiê,
ReplyDeleteCombinado, não sei quando vou pasar por aí, Vim esta semana da Madeira. E estou a trabalhar em quatro livros... muito com que me entreter...
LMC