page_title: MV Mariam
hierarchical_section_title: MV Mariam
caption_attribution_description: English: Blank physical map of metropolitan France for geo-location purpose.Scale&#160;: 1:14 816 000 (accuracy&#160;: about 3,7 km) for the bathymetry. More maps of France, view →&#160;Commons&#160;Atlas of France. Français&#160;: Carte physique vierge de la France métropolitaine destinée à la géolocalisation.Échelle&#160;: 1:14&#160;816&#160;000 (précision&#160;: environ 3,7 km) pour la bathymétrie. Projection équirectangualaire, données WGS84 Méridien central: 002° 06' E Parallèle à la bonne échelle: 46° 15' N Limites géographiques de la carte&#160;: Ouest&#160;: 005° 48' W Est&#160;: 10° E Nord&#160;: 51° 30' N Sud&#160;: 41° N
context_page_description: MV Mariam is a Bolivian-flagged passenger ferry with a 228 gross tonnage. Built in 1982 at Westermoen Hydrofoil shipyard, the ship is a catamaran 29.00 metres in length with a capacity of about 200 passengers. Built as Venture 84, the ship was in service with the French ferry operator Emeraude Lines from 1983 to 1996, serving a route between the Channel Islands and France. From 1996 to 2008, the ship was operated by Cypriot ferry operator Fergün Denizcilik as Fergün Express III.
  As of 2010, the ship is Lebanese-owned and operated as medical aid cargo ship which, in August 2010, was intended to sail to the Gaza Strip to break Israel's four-year blockade of Gaza.
context_section_description: MV Mariam is a Bolivian-flagged passenger ferry with a 228 gross tonnage (GT).  Built in 1982 at Westermoen Hydrofoil shipyard, the ship is a catamaran 29.00 metres (95 ft 2 in) in length with a capacity of about 200 passengers.  Built as Venture 84, the ship was in service with the French ferry operator Emeraude Lines from 1983 to 1996, serving a route between the Channel Islands and France.  From 1996 to 2008, the ship was operated by Cypriot ferry operator Fergün Denizcilik as Fergün Express III.
  As of 2010, the ship is Lebanese-owned and operated as medical aid cargo ship which, in August 2010, was intended to sail to the Gaza Strip to break Israel's four-year blockade of Gaza.
caption: Prior to 1996, the ship mainly served the Saint-Malo to Saint Helier route
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