Jamaica Merchant Marine Ltd. recently took delivery of the ro/ro vessel Morant Bay, second of 10 sisterships being built under a five-year development plan.

Constructed by A-S Vaagen Verft Shipyard of Norway, the $11.5-million vessel can transport 64 forty-foot trailers or 240 twenty-foot units at a speed of 15 knots.

The vessel is time-chartered by Kirk Lanes Shipping Co. and is sailing weekly on the Miami-Kingston-Grand Cayman route.