# MS Santa Regina

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History Name Santa Regina Operator Strait Shipping Port of registry New Zealand Builder Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, Le Havre, France Launched 31 July 1984 In service 2002–2015 (in New Zealand) Identification IMO number: 8314562 General characteristics Type Roll-on/roll-off ferry Tonnage 14,588 GT Length 137 m (449 ft 6 in) Beam 22.5 m (73 ft 10 in) Propulsion 2 × SEMT Pielstick diesel engines Speed 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) Capacity 370 passengers 1,300 m (4,265 ft) lane for vehicles Notes After temporarily appearing on ship tracking, believed to have been scrapped in Surabaya

**MS *Santa Regina*** is a [roll-on/roll-off](/source/Roll-on%2Froll-off) [ferry](/source/Ferry) that was in service for [StraitNZ](/source/StraitNZ) in New Zealand. The ferry was built for overnight services between [Marseille](/source/Marseille) and [Corsica](/source/Corsica) in the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) in 1985. It was sold in 2002 as the*Santa Regina* for the Bluebridge ferry service, which runs from [Wellington](/source/Wellington_Harbour) to [Picton](/source/Picton%2C_New_Zealand) up to four times a day. Bluebridge competes with the longer running [Interislander](/source/Interislander) line, which also provides transport across [Cook Strait](/source/Cook_Strait).[1]

In June 2015, it was replaced the by the *[Strait Feronia](/source/Strait_Feronia)* and sold to Indonesia as the *Nusa Putera*.[1][2]

*Santa Regina* was renamed *Nusa Putera* and provides a ferry service to the [Port of Merak](/source/Port_of_Merak) in Indonesia. In October 2025, she appeared as sailing from Cilegon to Surabaya. It is believed the vessel has been or is in the process of being scrapped.[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ShipsMonthly_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ShipsMonthly_1-1) Crossing the Cook Strait *[Ships Monthly](/source/Ships_Monthly)* July 2022 page 66

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["New Bluebridge Ferry"](http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/69008426/new-bluebridge-ferry-arrives-in-wellington). *[The Dominion Post](/source/The_Post_(New_Zealand_newspaper))*. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["NUSA PUTERA, Passenger/Ro-Ro Cargo Ship"](https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/NUSA-PUTERA-IMO-8314562-MMSI-525005357). *Vessel Finder*.

## External links

Media related to [Santa Regina (ship, 1985)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Santa_Regina_(ship,_1985)) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Strait Shipping](https://web.archive.org/web/20040206220621/http://www.bluebridge.co.nz/fleet.htm) - Santa Regina information

v t e New Zealand inter-island and Cook Strait ferries Current Cook Strait Wellington-Picton ferries Kaiārahi Kaitaki MV Connemara MV Livia Former Cook Strait (Wellington–Picton) ferries Aratere Arahanga Arahura GMV Aramoana GMV Aranui MV Aratika Condor Vitesse Incat 046 MS Santa Regina Strait Feronia MV Straitsman (2005) MV Straitsman (1972) MV Suilven Former inter-island (Wellington–Lyttelton) ferries SS Penguin TEV Rangatira (1931) Rangatira (1971) TSS Wahine (1913) TEV Wahine (1966) Companies Bluebridge KiwiRail Union Company Services Interislander

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