{{Short description|Catamaran launched in 1996}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image = |image_caption = }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name =*1994–1995: ''Condor 11'' *1995–1998: ''Cat-Link II'' *1998–1999: ''Euroferrys I'' *1999–2002: ''Euroferrys Primero'' *2002: ''CatlinkII'' *2002: ''Cat-Link II'' *2002–2005: ''Elanora'' *2005 onwards: ''Fares 2''<ref name=FerrySite1>{{cite web|title=HSC Fares 2|url=https://www.ferry-site.dk/ferry.php?id=9106091&lang=en|publisher=FerrySite|access-date=17 January 2026}}</ref> | owner= *1994–2002: Holyman *2002–2005: CBA Asia *2005–2007: El Salam Maritime Transport *2007-present: Maritime Company for Navigation (MACNA)<ref name=FerrySite1 /> | operator =*1995: Condor Ferries<ref name=faktaomfartyg1 /> *1995–1998: Cat-Link *1998–2002: Euroferrys *2004–2005: Jetlink *2005–2007: El Salam Maritime *2007-present: Maritime Company for Navigation (MACNA)<ref name=FerrySite1 /> | registry = | route = |builder=Incat, Tasmania<ref name=faktaomfartyg1 /> |yard_number=034 | launched = 21 July 1994<ref name=faktaomfartyg1 /> | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | identification ={{IMO Number|9106091}} | fate = | status = In service | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | type = | tonnage = | displacement = | length = {{cvt|77.46|m|ftin}}<ref name="Spec">{{cite web |title=Hull 034 78m Wave Piercing Catamaran Car Passenger Ferry - General Specification |url=https://incat.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hull-034-78m-mini-spec.pdf |website=Incat |access-date=18 January 2026}}</ref> | beam = {{cvt|26.00|m|ftin}}<ref name="Spec" /> | draught = {{cvt|3.50|m|ftin}}<ref name="Spec" /> | depth = | decks = | deck_clearance = | ramps = | power = 4 × Ruston 16-cylinder 16RK270 High Efficiency Marine Diesel Engines<ref name=FerrySite1 /><ref name="Spec" /> | propulsion = 4 × Lips 115DLX waterjets<ref name="Spec" /> | speed = {{convert|36|kn|lk=in}}<ref name="Spec" /> | capacity = *600 passengers<ref name="Spec" /> *50 vehicles<ref name="Spec" /> | crew = | notes = }} }}
'''''Fares 2''''' is a high-speed catamaran operated by Saudi Arabian ferry operator Maritime Company for Navigation (MACNA). She was launched on 21 July 1994.<ref name=faktaomfartyg1>{{cite web|title=HSC CONDOR 11|url=https://faktaomfartyg.se/condor_11_1995.htm|publisher=Fakta om Fartyg|access-date=17 January 2026}}</ref>
==Construction== ''Fares 2'' was built in 1994 by Incat in Australia as '''''Condor 11''''', and is one of a series of wave-piercing catamarans to be constructed by the company.<ref name="Incat">{{cite web |title=INCAT HULL 034 / 78m WAVE PIERCING CATAMARAN |url=https://incat.com.au/incat-vessels/034/ |website=Incat |access-date=17 January 2026}}</ref>
==Service== ===1995: Condor Ferries=== Following a period of repairs after a crash during sea trials, ''Condor 11'' entered service in May 1995 operating between England and the Channel Islands. Condor Ferries was at this time 50% owned by Holyman whose 50% shareholding had been acquired by predecessor company; Thomas Nationwide Transport in 1992.<ref>Transport companies see divisive market approach ''Truck & Bus Transportation'' November 1992 page 19</ref> Her time in operation with Condor was short lived, coming to an end in October 1995.<ref name=faktaomfartyg1 />
===1995–1998: Cat-Link=== Renamed ''Cat-Link II'' she was quickly transferred into the operations of another Holyman subsidiary; Cat-Link in which they held 75%.<ref name=AFR160396>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200420022315/https://www.afr.com/politics/holyman-looks-to-global-growth-with-fast-cats-19960516-k6xee Holyman looks to global growth with fast cats] ''Australian Financial Review'' 16 March 1996</ref> During her Cat-Link service, she operated on the Aarhus - Kalundborg route.<ref name=faktaomfartyg1 />
===1998–2002: Euroferrys=== In 1998 Holyman chartered the vessel on a four-year charter to Spanish operator; Euroferrys. She was firstly renamed ''Euroferrys I'', on entry into service, though was later renamed again as ''Euroferrys Primero''. After the charter ended in 2002 Holyman sold her to CBA Asia and she was laid up awaiting future service, during which time she was renamed again as ''Elanora''.<ref name=faktaomfartyg1 />
===2004–2005: Jetlink=== Whilst chartered to Norwegian startup company; Jetlink in 2004, with a proposed renaming to ''Jetlink Express'', her proposed entry into service originally planned for September 2004 was delayed firstly to November, then December and then again until March 2005. Ultimately even this date was missed for unknown reasons and she never entered service for the company, and indeed the company never commenced operations.<ref name="ClassicFastFerries1">{{cite journal |title=Jetlink to Introduce Incat 78m in Scandinavia |journal=Classic Fast Ferries |date=2005 |issue=2 |page=5}}</ref>
===2005–2007: El Salam Maritime=== After the failure to launch of Jetlink, the vessel was purchased by Egyptian ferry operator El Salam Maritime.<ref name=FerrySite1 /> El Salam at that time transported over one million passengers a year and was one of the largest private shipping companies in the Middle East.<ref name="Gad-el-Hak2008">{{cite book|author=Mohamed Gad-el-Hak|title=Large-Scale Disasters: Prediction, Control, and Mitigation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nfDs5KWqyzcC&pg=PA57|date=23 June 2008|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-47229-6|page=57}}</ref> They renamed the vessel ''Fares 2'',<ref name=faktaomfartyg1 /> however El Salam gained considerable unwanted media attention shortly after, in 2006 after the sinking of the {{MS|al-Salam Boccaccio 98||2}} in the Red Sea, with the loss of over 1000 lives.<ref name="Gad-el-Hak2008" />
===2007–present: Maritime Company for Navigation (MACNA)=== ''Fares 2'' came under the ownership of the Saudi Arabian company; Maritime Company for Navigation, also known by its initials MACNA, in February 2007.<ref name=faktaomfartyg1 />
==Accidents and incidents== * On 9 October 1994 ''Condor 11'' was on sea trials off Tasmania and travelling at {{convert|36|kn}} under the command of Incat managing director Robert Clifford when she struck Black Jack Reef some {{convert|12|mi}} off Hobart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/2f762f95845417aeca25706c00834efa/155BE97597A1C4A8CA25710E00756393?opendocument |title=1384.6 – Statistics – Tasmania, 2006 |date=13 September 2002 |publisher=Abs.gov.au |access-date=19 February 2013}}</ref> * On 13 March 1997 ''Cat-Link II'' collided in Kalundborg Fjord with a fishing boat, ''Lissi'', sinking her, with the crew being rescued and brought aboard ''Cat-Link II''.<ref name=faktaomfartyg1 />
==See also== *SeaCat *High-speed craft
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