The ship ‘Paganella’ calls at the port of Palma to transport 700 vehicles

News published in Diariodemallorca.es

“He has come to Mallorca to collect and move 700 vehicles.

The ship Paganella, a car carrier type vessel, specialised in the transport of cars, was in the port of Palma last Thursday. It arrived to load and take some 700 cars off the island, although its capacity is 5,000.

It was not the first time that a ship of these characteristics had arrived, but it is probably the largest of this type that has ever operated in Palma.

It was built in the Chinese shipyard of Zhoushan, entering service in 2009 under the name of CSAV Río Illapel, later in 2014 its name was changed to the current Paganella. It is almost 183 metres long by 32.1 metres wide and has a registered tonnage of 47,020 tonnes, and can reach speeds of up to 20 knots…”