MS Cruise Roma

MS Cruise Roma, owned and operated by Grimaldi Lines, is the longest cruiseferry in the world. It was built at Fincantieri in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy.[1]

History
Name: Cruise Roma
Owner: Grimaldi Group
Operator: Grimaldi Lines
Port of registry: Palermo,  Italy
Builder: Fincantieri, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
Launched: 22 June 2007
In service: 2007–present
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Type: Cruiseferry
Tonnage: 63,000 GT
Length: 254 m (833 ft 4 in)
Beam: 30.4 m (99 ft 9 in)
Draught: 7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Installed power:
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Capacity:
  • 3,500 passengers
  • 215 vehicles

She was the first of a series of four sister ships, the others being Cruise Barcelona (also operated by Grimaldi Lines), Cruise Europa and Cruise Olympia (operated by Minoan Lines). They are the largest ferries under Italian flag.

Before the lengthening the ship had 470 cabins, including 60 suites, one à la carte restaurant, a self-service restaurant, a cafeteria, an ice-cream parlor, a swimming pool, a disco, a casino, a conference room, a boutique, a shopping center.[2]

Cruise Roma is operated on the route linking Civitavecchia, Italy to Barcelona, Spain via Porto Torres (Sardinia), together with her sister Cruise Barcelona.[3]

The ferry has been lengthened[4] at Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo in february 2019.[5] Also twin ferry Cruise Barcelona will be lengthened within 2019.[6]

See also
  • Largest ferries of Europe

References
  1. Un traghetto chiamato “Roma”. Varato il gioiello della Grimaldi
  2. M/V Cruise Roma/Barcelona
  3. Traghetti per la Spagna, Civitavecchia-Barcellona.
  4. https://www.fincantieri.com/en/media/press-releases/2018/fincantieri-will-renew-two-cruise-ferries-for-grimaldi/
  5. Messaggero Marittimo (2019-02-25), La trasformazione della "Cruise Roma", retrieved 2019-04-05
  6. https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/fincantieri-jumboise-le-ferry-cruise-roma
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