MS Europa Palace

MS Cruise Olbia in 2016
History
Name	2001–2013: Superfast VI 2013–2016: Bimini Superfast 2016–2021: Cruise Olbia 2021-present: Europa Palace [1]
Owner	2001–2013: Superfast Ferries 2013–2016: Bimini Superfast Ltd[1] [2] 2016–present: Grimaldi Euromed SPA [2]
Operator	2001–2013: Superfast Ferries 2013–2016:Genting USA Ltd[1][2] 2016–2021: Grimaldi Lines 2021-present: Minoan Grimaldi Lines
Port of registry	Patras,  Greece 2001-2013 2013–2016: Panama,  Panama[1] 2016–Present: Palermo,  Italy
Route	2001–2013: Patras–Igoumenitsa–Ancona 2013–2016: Miami–Bimini 2016–2021: Civitavecchia–Olbia 2021-present: Patras-Ancona
Builder	HDW, Kiel, Germany
Yard number	356[1]
Launched	11 March 2000[1]
Acquired	6 February 2001[1]
Maiden voyage	2 March 2001[1]
In service	2 March 2001[1]
Identification	IMO number: 9198939[2] Call sign: 3FSU8 MMSI number: 351387000
Status	In Service
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Class and type	Superfast V class fast ropax ferry
Tonnage	32,728 GT[1] 6,420 t DWT
Length	203.90 m (669 ft 0 in)[1]
Beam	25 m (82 ft 0 in)[1]
Height	40.0
Draught	6.80 m (22 ft 4 in)
Decks	10
Installed power	4 × Wärtsilä-Sulzer NSD ZA V40S diesels combined 46000 kW
Propulsion	2 propellers 3 bow thrusters 1 stern thruster
Speed	Service 28.9 knots (53.52 km/h; 33.26 mph)[1]
Capacity	1,608 passengers 842 berths 712 cars 1,926 Lane meters[1]

MS Europa Palace is a fast ropax ferry owned by Grimaldi Lines and operated by Minoan Grimaldi Lines. The ship previously named Cruise Olbia and did the Civitavecchia-Olbia route. Built in 2001 as Superfast VI by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel, Germany for Attica Group's subsidiary Superfast Ferries, she was sold to the Genting Group in 2013, Renamed Bimini Superfast for the Bimini-Miami route. In 2016 she was sold to her current owners.^[1]