MS Superfast VI

MS Superfast VI in Patras, Greece.
History
Name:	2001–2013: Superfast VI 2013–2016: "Bimini Superfast 2016–Present: "Cruise Olbia"
Owner:	2001–2010: Attica Group 2013–2016: Bimini Superfast Ltd 2016–present: Grimaldi Euromed SPA
Operator:	2001–2010: Superfast Ferries 2013–2016:Genting USA Ltd 2016–Present: Grimaldi Lines
Port of registry:	Patras,  Greece 2013–2016: Panama,  Panama 2016–Present: Palermo,  Italy
Route:	2001–2013: Patras–Igoumenitsa–Ancona 2013–2016: Miami–Bimini 2016–Present: Civitavecchia–Olbia
Builder:	HDW, Kiel, Germany
Yard number:	356
Launched:	11 March 2000
Acquired:	6 February 2001
Maiden voyage:	2 March 2001
In service:	2 March 2001
Identification:	IMO number: 9198939 Call sign: 3FSU8 MMSI number: 351387000
Status:	In Service
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Superfast V class fast ropax ferry
Tonnage:	32,728 GT
Displacement:	6,420 t DWT
Length:	203.90 m (669 ft 0 in)
Beam:	25 m (82 ft 0 in)
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)
Capacity:	1608 passengers 842 berths 712 cars 1926 Lane meters

MS Cruise Olbia is a fast ropax ferry operated by Grimaldi Lines on their Civitavecchia-Olbia route. (Starting from mid April 2016). 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.

Superfast VI was built at HDW in Kiel for Superfast Ferries' Adriatic Sea services, along with her sister ship Superfast V. She was the second ship in the third pair of ropax ferries built for Superfast Ferries from various ship yards in Northern Europe. She was ordered in July 1998, alongside sister ship MS Superfast V and another pair for Baltic sea services, Superfast VII and VIII She was launched from dry dock on 11 March 2000 and was due to be delivered at the end of July 2000, but after many months of delays due to technical problems, she was delivered to Superfast Ferries on 6 February 2001. After many months of delays due to technical problems, Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) was forced to pay hefty penalties due to the late delivery.

Superfast VI entered service on 2 March 2001 on Superfast Ferries Patras—Igoumenitsa-Ancona route. In March 2013 Superfast VI was sold to Genting Group, she was handed over to her new owners on 6 April 2013.