{{Use Australian English|date=February 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox ship |display_title=ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=Tasmanian-Achiever-Burnie-20170322-001.jpg |image_caption=''Tasmanian Achiever'' in Burnie in 2017 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |name= ''Jolly Express'' |renamed=*''Tasmanian Achiever'' (1999–2019) *''Jolly Express'' (2019-) |owner= Mediterranean Shipping Company |operator=* Brambles Shipping (1999–2002) *Toll Shipping (2002-2019) *Messina Line (2019-) |registry=Madeira {{flagicon|Portugal|civil}} |route= |ordered= |builder=Samsung Heavy Industries, Geoje, South Korea |original_cost= |yard_number=1249 |way_number= |laid_down= |launched= |completed= |christened= |acquired= |maiden_voyage= |in_service=1999 |out_of_service= |identification=*{{IMO number|9180190}} *{{MMSI|503087000}} *Call sign: CQAT4 |fate= |status= |notes= }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class= |type=Container and Roll-on/roll-off |tonnage={{GT|20343}}, {{DWT|11000}} |displacement= |length={{cvt|183|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |beam={{cvt|22|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |height= |draught={{cvt|6.35|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |depth= |hold_depth= |decks= |deck_clearance= |ramps= |power={{cvt|14720|kW|abbr=on}} at 750 rpm |propulsion=4 x Wärtsilä 8L32 |speed={{convert|20.5|knots}} |range= |boats= |capacity=592 TEU, 2,524 lane-metres |complement= |crew= |notes= }} }}
'''''Jolly Express''''' is a cargo ship operated by Messina Line between Tunis, Naples, and Genoa. It was previously operated by Toll Shipping and Brambles Shipping in Australia as the ''Tasmanian Achiever''.
==History== The ''Jolly Express'' was built by Samsung Heavy Industries as the ''Tasmanian Achiever'' for Brambles Shipping for use on Bass Strait services between Melbourne and Burnie, along with sister ship ''Victorian Reliance''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Significant Ships of 1999|date=2000|publisher=Royal Institution of Naval Architects|isbn=0 903055 55 4|page=114}}</ref> The ship was acquired by Toll Shipping with the Brambles shipping business in 2002.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200505120035/https://www.asx.com.au/asx/statistics/displayAnnouncement.do?display=text&issuerId=177&announcementId=524339&documentDate=2002-10-31&documentNumber=279354 Sale of Brambles Shipping] Brambles 21 October 2002</ref><ref>[https://www.smh.com.au/business/toll-purchases-brambles-cargo-ships-20021101-gdfs1k.html Toll purchases Brambles' cargo ships] ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 1 November 2002</ref>
It was extended by 32 metres to 184 metres in Singapore in 2004.<ref>Ferries in the News ''Ships Monthly'' November 2016 page 11</ref> When CMA CGM, parent company of Australian National Line, withdrew the ''Bass Trader'' from the Melbourne to Bell Bay route in 2009, it entered into a joint venture to transfer cargo to the Toll ships.<ref>[https://www.heraldsun.com.au/businessold/toll-to-control-bass-strait-freight/news-story/b93a7d9767b0ffbd0bd1e4fec8c1afaf Toll to control Bass Strait freight] ''Herald Sun'' 6 August 2009</ref> As such it carried both Toll and ANL logos.
In March 2019 it was replaced by the larger ''Tasmanian Achiever II''. It was sold to Messina Line, renamed ''Jolly Express'' and began operating on the Mediterranean Sea between Tunis, Naples and Genoa.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201228105324/https://ferryshippingnews.com/short-news-week-35-2019/ Debut of Jolly Express] Ferry Shipping News 6 September 2019</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201228113421/https://ferryshippingnews.com/tag/jolly-express/ Messina welcomes Jolly Express' sister ship Jolly Blue] Ferry Shipping News 28 May 2020</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline|IMO 9180190}}
Category:Container ships Category:Ro-ro ships Category:Ships built by Samsung Heavy Industries Category:Ships built in Geoje Category:Toll Group Category:1999 ships