11 Facts About TT-Line Company

TT-Line Company was separated from the Tasmanian Government's Department of Transport in 1993, becoming a government business enterprise wholly owned by the Government of Tasmania where it was then named Spirit of Tasmania in August 1993.

TT-Line Company was formed in 1985 following the announcement that the Australian National Line would no longer operate a service across Bass Strait with Empress of Australia.

In 1993, TT-Line Company Tasmania replaced the aging Abel Tasman with another ex TT-Line Company ferry.

TT-Line Company chartered Incat 046 to operate as Devil Cat from the old SeaCat Tasmania terminal in George Town to Station Pier.

In September 1999, Spirit of Tasmania was forced out of action for two weeks due to fuel contamination, and TT-Line Company chartered the Incat 030 HSC Condor 10 which at the time was laid up in New Zealand as Lynx.

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Once TT-Line Company arranged for the charter she immediately departed New Zealand and arrived in Tasmania two days later, and entered service to cover for Spirit of Tasmania.

In 2002, the Tasmanian Government and TT-Line Company announced that they would be replacing Devil Cat and Spirit of Tasmania with two Finnish built monohull ferries Superfast III and Superfast IV later that year from Superfast Ferries.

In March 2003, it was announced that TT-Line Company would begin operating a third ship, Spirit of Tasmania III, from Devonport to Sydney in early 2004.

TT-Line Company's stayed in Devonport for a day and then moved on to Melbourne then to Sydney.

In December 2017, TT-Line Company announced it planned to replace the existing ferries with new builds.

On 22 October 2022, TT-Line Company will be moving its Victorian terminal from Station Pier to a new facility at Spirit of Tasmania Quay, Geelong.