A veteran ferry that was recently reported as being sold for scrap has turned up at a Spanish shipyard where its owners are preparing to put it back in service.

Ferry industry sources report that the 12,200-gt ro-pax ferry Le Rif (built 1980) has been sold to a newly-formed company in Morocco called Detroit World Logistics Maritime for MAD 9m ($913,000), who have sent it to a shipyard in Malaga for a refit.

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