''Jolly Blue'' is a cargo ship operated by

Messina Line Messina Line is the maritime shipping division of :it:Ignazio Messina & C., Ignazio Messina & C., one of Italy's most historical shipping lines, operating 21 ships in between owned and chartered, and a total fleet of 41,000 Twenty-foot equivalent ...

between

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, Gioia, Tauro, and

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. It was previously operated by

Toll Shipping The Toll Group is an Australian freight company that operates a logistics and global freight forwarding network spanning 150 countries, with over 20,000 customers. Toll has more than 16,000 workers across 500 sites. Toll Holdings Pty Limited ( ...

and Brambles Shipping in Australia as ''Victorian Reliance''.

History

The ''Jolly Blue'' was built by

Samsung Heavy Industries Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. () is one of the largest shipbuilders in the world and one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea (including Hyundai and Hanwha). Geoje (in South Gyeongsang Province) is one of the largest shipyards ...

as the ''Victorian Reliance'' for Brambles Shipping for use on

Bass Strait Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The ...

services between

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and

Burnie Burnie ( ; Aboriginal Tasmanians#North, pirinilaplu/palawa kani: ''Pataway'') is a port city located on the North West Tasmania, north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is the fourth largest city on the island, located approximately north ...

, along with sister ship ''Tasmanian Achiever''. The ship was acquired by

with the Brambles shipping business in 2002. It was extended by 32 metres to 184 metres in Singapore in 2004. When

CMA CGM The Compagnie maritime d'affrètement - Compagnie générale maritime or CMA CGM is a French shipping and logistics company founded in 1978 by Jacques Saadé. The name is an acronym of two predecessor companies, Compagnie Maritime d'Affrètemen ...

, parent company of

Australian National Line Australian National Line (ANL) is a coastal shipping line established by the Government of Australia in 1956. It was sold in 1998 to CMA CGM. History Australian National Line was formed on 1 October 1956 as the Australian Coastal Shipping C ...

, withdrew the ''Bass Trader'' from the Melbourne to Bell Bay route in 2009, it entered into a

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...

to transfer cargo to the Toll ships. As such it carried both Toll and ANL logos. In March 2019, it was replaced by the larger ''

Victorian Reliance II The ''Victorian Reliance II'' is a cargo ship owned by Strait Link in Australia. It is primarily used on Bass Strait services between Melbourne and Burnie. It replaced the ''Victorian Reliance''. Along with its sister ship ''Tasmanian Achiever ...

''. It briefly returned to service while repairs were performed on ''Victorian Reliance II''. It was sold in 2020 to

, renamed ''Jolly Blue'' and began operating on the

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between

, Gioia, Tauro and

.Messina welcomes Jolly Express' sister ship Jolly Blue
Ferry Shipping News 28 May 2020

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