The M.V. Cartela is an excursion vessel operating on the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. She is now Australia's oldest continuously licensed passenger vessel, although there are several older vessels still in service that have been restored after lengthy periods in dereliction. The Cartela is a motor vessel of 194 tons gross, 77 net register, and is 123 feet in overall length (111.0 feet keel). History The Cartela (Tasmanian aboriginal name for Bull Seal) was built at Battery Poin… (More on Cartela)