Cruise Smeralda

MS Cruise Smeralda is a RO/PAX ferry operated and owned by Grimaldi Lines. The ship was built in Fosen Mek Verksteder A/S, Norway for Minoan Lines in 1997. It has a sister ship: Jean Nicoli for Corsica Linea. Her first name was Ikarus and then renamed Ikarus Palace.

History
Italy
Name:
  • 1997-2001: Ikarus
  • 2001-2016: Ikarus Palace
  • 2016-present: Cruise Smeralda
Owner:
Operator:
Port of registry:
Route: Barcelona-Tanger Med-Savona-Barcelona
Ordered: 1995
Builder: Fosen Mek Verksteder A/S, Norway
Laid down: 1997
Launched: 5 May 1997
Maiden voyage: 1997
Identification:

Callsign: IMO: 9144811

MMSI: 247343200[1]
Status: In service
General characteristics
Type: Ro-pax ferry
Tonnage:

29968 gt

Summer DWT: 5150 t[2]
Length: 200.65 m (658 ft)
Beam: 26 m (85 ft)
Draught: 6.8 m (22 ft)
Ramps:

two for vehicles

one for passengers
Speed: 26,4 knots
Capacity:
  • 1.528 passengers
  • 819 cars

Minoan Lines Career

The ship made her career for Minoan Lines in 1997 and worked the Patras-Igoumenitsa-Corfu-Venice route for many years with her sister ship Pasiphae. In 2001 both ships were renamed. The first renamed Ikarus Palace and the second Pasiphae Palace. They worked both of them many years in the same route until Pasiphae Palace was sold to SNCM and renamed Jean Nicoli. Ikarus Palace also made worked the Piraeus-Heraklion route replacing another ship of her company. After the arrivals of the newest ships MS Cruise Europa, MS Cruise Olympia, Ikarus Palace laid-up in Patras and then made Patras-Igoumenitsa-Ancona route and then replace HSF Knossos Palace and HSF Kydon Palace in Piraeus-Heraklion route.

Chartered to Grimaldi Lines

Ikarus Palace then chartered for Grimaldi Lines. The ship when chartered for Grimaldi Lines began the Livorno-Barcelona-Tangier route. The ship also came many times in Greece to replace other ships of her company. The ship made her last route Patras-Igoumenitsa-Ancona route in 2016 and then sold to Grimaldi Lines and named Cruise Smeralda.

Route

Cruise Smeralda made every day Barcelona-Tanger-Savona-Barcelona route.

References
  1. "Cruise Smeralda in Marine Traffic". MarineTraffic.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  2. "Zeus Palace in Marine Traffic". MarineTraffic.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
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