101. COSTA LUMINOSA (2009/92720grt/7600dwt/IMO 9398905. Renamed CARNIVAL LUMINOSA) - a maiden caller at the Port of Auckland, departs for the Bay of Islands. Explore Group's 2014-built 249-pax... Date: 2 November 2015 Image ID 10201
102. CRUISE MUHIBAH (1970/11940gt/IMO 7011515, ex-AMBASSADOR II, AMBASSADOR, MUNSTER, NORDIC SUN, PRINZ OBERON, PRINS OBERON) in 1997 as AMBASSADOR II she was converted into a casino ship but it seems she... Date: 2007 Image ID 12432
103. CSAV RANQUIL (2008/36007grt/IMO 9346005, ex-NORTHERN DELEGATION. To be renamed NYK LYTTELTON) arrives in port in Auckland, New Zealand as the commuter ferry KEA makes her way across harbour toward the... Date: 12 March 2012 Image ID 7787
104. D1, formerly DISCOVERY 1, KAWAU KAT) - built in 1993 by Robertson Boats of Warkworth, north of Auckland, transits from Westhaven Marina to the downtown ferry terminal. Date: 2 August 2022 Image ID 12639
105. D4 - one of the smaller vessels in the Explore Group’s fleet of fast ferries. Originally based in the Bay of Islands she is now sailing the Auckland CBD to Birkenhead/Bayswater commuter service.
At... Date: 4 October 2023 Image ID 13189
106. D4 - one of the smaller vessels in the Explore Group’s fleet of fast ferries. Originally based in the Bay of Islands she is now sailing the Auckland CBD to Birkenhead/Bayswater commuter service.
At... Date: 4 October 2023 Image ID 13190
107. D5 - Owned and operated by the Explore Group, D5 is the flagship of the company's growing fleet of commuter and sightseeing ferries in Auckland. She is seen here making for Waiheke Island from... Date: 14 January 2015 Image ID 9909
108. D5 - was initially owned and operated by the Explore Group as the flagship of then company's growing fleet of commuter and sightseeing ferries in Auckland. Since the demise of that service, those... Date: 24 November 2016 Image ID 10642
109. D5 - the ferry was initially owned and operated by the Explore Group as the flagship of then company's growing fleet of commuter and sightseeing ferries in Auckland. Since the demise of that service,... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 11039
110. D5 - bought by Auckland ferry operators Fullers from the Explore Group after that company's ferry service ended, D5 is seen here making the return cross-harbour trip to Auckland's CBD ferry terminal... Date: 20 January 2020 Image ID 11951
111. D5 - was initially owned and operated by the Explore Group as the flagship of then company's growing fleet of commuter and sightseeing ferries in Auckland. Since the demise of that service, those... Date: 17 June 2024 Image ID 13548
112. D6 - the newest addition to the fleet of Auckland's newest ferry service. Explore Group's ferries provide tourist and commuter ferry services between downtown Auckland and Waiheke, Rangitoto and... Date: 22 December 2014 Image ID 9874
113. D6 - the newest addition to the fleet of Auckland's newest ferry service. Explore Group's ferries provide tourist and commuter ferry services between downtown Auckland and Waiheke, Rangitoto and... Date: 22 December 2014 Image ID 9876
114. D6, the latest addition to Explore Group's expanding fleet of Auckland fast ferries, passes the inbound container ship JOSEPHINE MAERSK (IMO 9215191) she heads back from Waiheke, Motutapu and... Date: 10 April 2016 Image ID 10423
115. D6 - passing Devonport on her way to the Auckland downtown ferry terminal. Since this picture the Explore Group ferry service has closed the vessels having now been assimilated into the Fullers Group. Date: 26 January 2017 Image ID 10830
116. D6 - at speed passing Devonport on her way to the Auckland downtown ferry terminal. Since this picture the Explore Group ferry service has closed the vessels having now been assimilated into the... Date: 10 April 2016 Image ID 11037
117. D6 - the Explore Group ferry passing rival Fullers vessel JET RAIDER while on her way to the Auckland downtown ferry terminal. Since this picture the Explore Group ferry service has closed, the... Date: 11 January 2015 Image ID 11038
118. D6, a sightseeing/commuter ferry, looking in need of a new paint job, departing Devonport's Victoria Wharf. Date: 29 December 2022 Image ID 12790
119. D6 - formerly operating in Explore Group livery, D6 is now part of the Fullers 360 tourist/commuter ferry fleet. Seen here approaching Devonport ferry terminal. Date: 24 December 2024 Image ID 13701
120. D7 - Explore Group's newly delivered high-speed commuter/tourist ferry built by Aluminium Marine in Queensland, Australia. She has a service speed of 24knots and a 154 passenger capacity. Date: 24 November 2015 Image ID 10227
121. D7 - formerly part of the Explore Group's ferry fleet in Auckland but now operated as one of the Fullers fleet since the Explore Group ferry service ceased operation. Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 11033
122. D7 - formerly part of the Explore Group's ferry fleet in Auckland but now operated as one of the Fullers fleet since the Explore Group ferry service ceased operation. Date: 15 April 2016 Image ID 11034
123. D7 - formerly part of the Explore Group's ferry fleet in Auckland but now operated as one of the Fullers fleet since the Explore Group ferry service ceased operation. Date: 15 April 2016 Image ID 11035
124. D7 - formerly part of the Explore Group's ferry fleet in Auckland but now operated as one of the Fullers fleet since the Explore Group ferry service ceased operation. Seen here leaving Westhaven... Date: 29 August 2017 Image ID 11036
125. DAIWAN KALON (2016/21525grt/34327dwt/IMO 9709324) due to take on bunker fuel, arrives in Auckland with a near full load of logs from Tauranga. She sailed later the same evening for SE Asian... Date: 10 September 2019 Image ID 11882
126. DAMGRACHT (2009/13558gt/18143dwt/IMO 9420784/1040TEU) - arrived from Newcastle, Australia to load the 24m catamaran ferry OCEAN EXPLORER, returning the ferry to Brisbane, Australia. DAMGRACHT is... Date: 28 December 2021 Image ID 12459
127. DELPHIN (1975/16214grt/IMO, ex-BYELORUSSIYA, KAZAKHSTAN II. Scrapped in 2022) berthed in Auckland, NZ as the local Fullers ferries QUICKCAT (1987, R) AND MANU (1984/109gt) manoeuvre in the downtown... Date: March 2002 Image ID 7381
128. DELPHIN RENAISSANCE (2000/30277grt/IMO 9210218, ex-R SEVEN. Renamed BLUE MOON then AZAMARA QUEST) berthing in Auckland, NZ on her maiden call to the port as the Fuller catamaran ferry QUICKCAT (1987)... Date: 12 March 2005 Image ID 1370
129. DIAMOND PRINCESS (2004/115875grt/IMO 9228198) outbound from Melbourne, Australia passes SORRENTO (2001/3200gt/IMO 9261853) a ro/pax ferry operated by Searoad Ferries on the Queenscliff - Sorrento... Date: 2 February 2012 Image ID 7621
130. DISCOVERY 1 (D1, formerly KAWAU KAT) - a catamaran ferry operated by 360 Discovery Cruises of Auckland crosses Auckland's Waitemata Harbour astern of the outbound oil/chemical products tanker BESIKTAS... Date: 31 March 2012 Image ID 7854
131. DISCOVERY 1 (D1, formerly KAWAU KAT) - built in 1993 by Robertson Boats of Warkworth, north of Auckland. Date: 14 July 2021 Image ID 12108
132. DISCOVERY 1 (D1, formerly KAWAU KAT) - built in 1993 by Robertson Boats of Warkworth, north of Auckland. Date: 11 Deceber 2020 Image ID 12119
133. DISCOVERY 1 (D1, formerly KAWAU KAT) - a catamaran ferry operated by 360 Discovery Cruises, passes Devonport on Auckland's North Shore. Date: 11 September 2014 Image ID 9712
134. DISCOVERY II - the smallest in the fleet of high speed ferries operated by Fullers 360 Discovery Cruises of Auckland. Date: 7 February 2019 Image ID 11924
135. DISCOVERY II - the smallest in the fleet of high speed ferries operated by Fullers 360 Discovery Cruises of Auckland. Date: 8 February 2023 Image ID 12879
136. DISCOVERY II - the smallest in the fleet of high speed ferries operated by Fullers 360 Discovery Cruises of Auckland. Date: 8 February 2023 Image ID 12880
137. DISCOVERY III (D3, renamed NGARAPA in 2024) - Built as DISCOVERY III in 1996 for Dolphin Discoveries operations in the Bay Of Islands, she became part of the Explore Group's fleet when Explore Group... Date: 2014 Image ID 13217
138. DISCOVERY VI - on of the four-vessel fleet of commuter/sightseeing ferries operated by 360 Discovery Cruises in Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 12 January 2011 Image ID 6657
139. DOLPHIN DISCOVERY V - a biofuel-powered catamaran usually operated by Dolphin Discoveries in the Bay of Islands, approaches Devonport after a day's dolphin and whale watching in the Hauraki Gulf. Date: 29 June 2012 Image ID 8053
140. DOLPHIN DISCOVERY V - a biofuel-powered catamaran usually operated by Dolphin Discoveries in the Bay of Islands, approaches Devonport after a day's dolphin and whale watching in the Hauraki Gulf. Date: 29 June 2012 Image ID 8054
141. DOLPHIN DISCOVERY V - a biofuel-powered catamaran usually operated by Dolphin Discoveries in the Bay of Islands, approaches Devonport after a day's dolphin and whale watching in the Hauraki Gulf. Date: 29 June 2012 Image ID 8055
142. DOVER FERRY PORT, ENGLAND - cross-channel Dover-Calais, France ferries at the harbour entrance. Date: 1998 Image ID 844
143. DOVER FERRY PORT, KENT , ENGLAND Date: 1999 Image ID 7197
144. DOVER FERRY PORT, KENT, ENGLAND - PRIDE OF BRUGES (1980/13728grt/IMO 7820497, ex-PRIDE OF FREE ENTERPRISE. Renamed P&OSL PICARDY, OLEANDER, SHERBATSKIY. Scrapped in Alang in 2015) sails from Dover... Date: 1998 Image ID 7265
145. DOVER, KENT, ENGLAND - An overview of the ferry port. Date: 1998 Image ID 843
146. DOVER FERRY PORT, KENT, ENGLAND Date: 1998 Image ID 6462
147. DOVER FERRY PORT, KENT, ENGLAND Date: 1998 Image ID 6463
148. DOVER SEAWAYS (2006/35923grt/6874dwt/IMO 9318345, ex-MAERSK DOVER) departs Dover Ferry Port, England for":another cross-channel crossing to Dunkerque, France. Date: September 2012 Image ID 8204
149. DUC DE NORMANDIE (Brittany Ferries/1978/9677grt/IMO 7637149, ex-PRINSES BEATRIX. Renamed WISTERIA) inbound at Portsmouth, England. Date: 1998 Image ID 845
150. DUC DE NORMANDIE (Brittany Ferries/1978/9677grt/IMO 7637149, ex-PRINSES BEATRIX. Renamed WISTERIA) inbound at Portsmouth, England. Date: 1998 Image ID 846
151. ELLINIS (1933/24315grt/IMO 5423790, ex-LURLINE) departs Auckland, New Zealand assisted by the tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345). The commuter ferry KESTREL (1904/244grt) passes by in... Date: 1971 Image ID 1395
