Aranui 5
{{Short description|Passenger ship in French Polynesia}}
{{for|this cargo ship's predecessor |Aranui 3}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
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| display title = ital }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Aranui 5.jpg | Ship caption = Aranui 5 in 2015 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = France | Ship flag = {{Shipboxflag|France|government}} | Ship name = Aranui 5 | Ship owner = Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime (CPTM) | Ship operator = | Ship registry = Papeete, French Polynesia (France) | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Huanghai Shipbuilding, Shandong, China{{cite web |url= http://www.cruiseshipposition.com/small-cruise-ships/aranui-5-position/ |title=Cruise Ship Position |work=cruiseshipposition |year=2015 |accessdate=30 August 2015}} | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship renamed = | Ship completed = | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship homeport = Papeete, French Polynesia | Ship in service = 12 December 2015 | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = * {{IMO Number|9677492}}
| Ship fate = | Ship status = In service | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Passenger-cargo ship | Ship tonnage = *{{GT|7,500}}
| Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{Convert|126|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{Convert|24|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{Convert|5.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}|Ship depth | Ship decks = 10 | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = {{Convert|15|kn|lk=in}} | Ship capacity = 256 | Ship notes = }} |
MV Aranui 5 is a dual passenger/cargo vessel that entered service on 12 December 2015 between Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands.{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Aranui-5-inaugure-en-grande-pompe_a141629.html |title=Aranui 5 inauguré en grande pompe |publisher=Tahiti Infos |date=9 December 2015 |language=fr |access-date=15 July 2023}} With a homeport of Papeete, French Polynesia, the Aranui 5 replaced the Aranui 3 which entered service in 2003.{{cite web |author1= |title=Aranui 5 Dual-Purpose Passenger/Cargo Ship |url=https://www.ship-technology.com/projects/aranui-5-dual-purpose-passengercargo-ship-french-polynesia/ |website=Ship Technology |access-date=2023-04-13 |date=2015-06-28}}
No Aranui 4 ever went into service, because the number four is regarded as unlucky in China,{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Aranui-5-un-nouveau-cargo-pour-les-Marquises_a140181.html |title=Aranui 5 : un nouveau cargo pour les Marquises |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=9 November 2015 |access-date=15 July 2023}} from which Wing Wong, founder of {{lang|fr|Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime}} (CPTM), the family business that operates the Aranui voyages, emigrated to Tahiti in the 1930s.{{cite web |last1=Wheeler |first1=Tony |author1-link=Tony Wheeler |title=The Aranui 5 – a passenger-cargo ship in French Polynesia |url=https://tonywheeler.com.au/the-aranui-5-a-passenger-cargo-ship-in-french-polynesia/ |website=Tony Wheeler's Travels |access-date=2023-04-13 |language=en |date=22 January 2023}}
Aranui 5, like its predecessor, is registered as a passenger ship under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), for international operation.
As well as carrying cargo to and from the six ports in the Marquesas Islands, Aranui 5 operates a passenger service and tourist cruise as part of its monthly 12-day itinerary; the ship also stops at the Rangiroa and Tuamotu atolls before returning to Tahiti.{{cite web |last1=Wheeler |first1=Tony |title=On board the Pacific's strangest cruise ship |url=https://www.traveller.com.au/on-board-the-pacifics-strangest-cruise-ship-h2au90 |website=Traveller.com.au |access-date=2023-04-13 |language=en |date=2023-04-03}}
Additional Aranui 5 trips operate to other islands in French Polynesia and beyond, including Rarotonga and the Cook Islands and once a year to Pitcairn Island.
The ship was used to house surfers at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Tahiti, making it the first floating Olympic village.{{cite web |last=Pierson |first=Dashel |date=2024-07-22 |title=Take a Tour of the Olympic Surfing Village Cruise Ship (Video) |url=https://www.surfer.com/news/tour-olympic-surfing-village-cruise-ship-video |website=Surfer |language=en}}
References
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second ship from 2027 onwardshttps://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2025/04/aranui-to-expand-with-second-ship/
External links
- [http://aranui.com Aranui] The Official Site
Category:Ships of French Polynesia
Category:Venues of the 2024 Summer Olympics
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