MV Faust

M/V ARC Independence, formerly M/V Faust is a large ro-ro car carrier built in 2007 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering for Wallenius Lines AB, Sweden. It is currently (since 2018 or 2019) operated by American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier (ARC), having formerly served with Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics.[1] It is one of the largest car carriers in the world.

MV Faust on the river Weser, Germany, 2012
History
Name	Faust
Namesake	Faust
Owner	Wallenius Lines[1]
Operator	Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics[1]
Port of registry	Sweden[2]
Builder	Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, South Korea[1]
Launched	24 February 2007
Completed	2007
Identification	IMO number: 9332925 Call sign: SLKQ MMSI number: 266260000[2]
Status	In service
General characteristics [1]
Type	Car carrier
Tonnage	71,583 GT 33,546 NT 30,383 DWT
Length	227.8 m (747 ft)
Beam	32.26 m (106 ft)
Height	51.98 m (171 ft)
Draft	9.5 m (31 ft) (design) 11.3 m (37 ft) (maximum)
Decks	13; 5 movable
Ramps	Stern quarter and side ramps
Installed power	B&W 7S60MC-C
Propulsion	Single shaft; fixed-pitch propeller
Capacity	8,000 cars (RT-43) 3,484 cars, 468 buses
Crew	15

It is sometimes incorrectly reported that in 2004, the M/V Faust was renamed to M/V Liberty. This is due to multiple vessels having carried the name Faust. The Faust which was renamed to Liberty was built by Oshima Shipbuilding in Japan and launched in 1985; at 660' in length and 52,000 gross tons, she was significantly smaller than the vessel which is now the ARC Independence.[3]

Faust appeared in a 2008 episode of the Discovery Channel's documentary series Mighty Ships during a voyage between the UK and United States.[4]