History
Tanzania
Name	MV Mwanza
Owner	Tanzanian Government[1]
Operator	TEMESA[2]
Port of registry	Mwanza
Route	Kigongo to Busisi (Mwanza)[2]
Builder	Marine Service Company Limited[2]
Cost	TSh 43million billion [2] (US$3.9 million)
Launched	28 August 2017[2]
Completed	21 June 2018[3]
In service	11 July 2018[4]
Status	in service
General characteristics
Type	Ro-Pax Ferry[1]
Tonnage	250 GT[1]
Length	57.88 meters[1]
Beam	14.6 meters[1]
Draught	1.6 meters[1]
Depth	2.8 meters[1]
Decks	5[1]
Ramps	2[1]
Installed power	2 x Cat 3406C diesel engine, each 298kW @ 1,800rpm[1]
Propulsion	2 x Schottel SRP 150 FP rudder propellers[1]
Speed	10.8 knots[1]
Capacity	1000 passengers[1] 34 vehicles[1]
Crew	8[1]

MV Mwanza is a Lake Victoria ferry operating on Lake Victoria in Tanzania. The ferry is a Ro-Pax ferry that operates between the villages of Kigongo and Busisi south of Mwanza town across the Mwanza Gulf in east-west direction. MV Mwanza is not the only ferry along the route (there are three other ferries) which highlights the relevance of the ferry service.^[2]

The ferry, now the largest Ro-Pax ferry on Lake Victoria, has two decks for vehicles and goods (main deck and boat deck) and an indoor passenger deck with seats.^[1] It was constructed by a local Tanzanian construction company in Mwanza, Songoro Marine Transport.^[3]

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