MV ''Biokovo'' is a

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vehicle and passenger ferry owned and operated by

Jadrolinija Jadrolinija is a Croatian sea shipping company. It is a state-owned company and its main mission is connecting Croatian islands to the mainland by operating regular passenger and cargo transport services. The company mainly operates car ferries on ...

, the

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n state-owned ferry company. She was built in July 2009 by the

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shipyard in

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. As of June 2010 she serves on the Split— Supetar route. MV ''Biokovo'' is a Hull 515 class ferry, along with her twin, the MV ''Jadran'', which was also built at Brodosplit in May 2010. These two ferries were commissioned as part of Jadrolinija's fleet renewal program, which (as of June 2010) include a total of eight newly built ships since 2004. These including two other Hull 515 class ferries, the MV ''Hrvat'' and MV ''Juraj Dalmatinac'' which had been built by the Kraljevica shipyard and delivered in 2007.

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MV ''Biokovo''
at the

official website
Zaplovio trajekt Jadran
at Agencija-ZOLPP.hr Ferries of Croatia Ships built in Croatia 2009 ships {{Ferry-stub