MS Cruise Ausonia explained

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Ship Image:Cruise Ausonia Palermo.png
Ship Caption:Cruise Ausonia departing the port of Palermo
Ship Name:
  • Superfast XII (2002–2018)
  • Cruise Ausonia (2018–Present)
Ship Owner:
Ship Operator:
Ship Registry:
Ship Route:Livorno-Palermo
Ship Builder:Flender Werft, Germany
Ship Yard Number:683
Ship Laid Down:23 November 2000
Ship Launched:7 December 2001
Ship Completed:2 October 2002
Ship In Service:2002–present
Ship Identification:

SYCD

Ship Status:In service
Ship Class:Superfast XI class fast ropax ferry
Ship Type:Ro-pax ferry
Ship Length:200m (700feet)
Ship Beam:25m (82feet)
Ship Draft:6.4m (21feet)[1]
Ship Decks:10
Ship Power:
Ship Propulsion:
  • 2 propellers
  • 2 bow thrusters
  • 1 stern thruster
Ship Speed:Service 28.6kn
Ship Capacity:
  • 1639 passengers
  • 774 berths
  • 653 cars
  • 1920 Lane meters

MS Cruise Ausonia is a fast Ro-Pax jumbo ferry owned by the Grimaldi Lines and sails on the Livorno-Palermo route. She was built in 2002 for Superfast Ferries as MS Superfast XII by a shipyard in Lübeck, Germany, and is the last vessel of 12. She is a sister ship of Superfast XI.

Superfast XII was on the route PatrasAncona until March 2009. From March 2009 she operated on the route PiraeusHeraklion (Crete).From 25 May 2015 she is on route Piraeus-Syros-Patmos-Leros-Kos-Rhodes. Since 2017 she has also been making calls in Kalymnos.

In June 2018 her sale to Grimaldi Group was completed as part of Attica Group takeover of Hellenic Seaways shares from Grimaldi lines.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: M/S Superfast XII (2002) . 8 January 2014 . Asklander . Micke . Fakta om Fartyg . Swedish .