MS Cruise Ausonia

MSCruise Ausonia is a fast Ro-Pax jumbo ferry owned by the Grimaldi Lines and sails on the Livorno-Olbia 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. It is a sister ship of Superfast XI.

Superfast XII in the port of Piraeus
History
Name:	Superfast XI 2002-2018 Cruise Ausonia 2018-present
Owner:	Superfast Ferries 2002-2018 Grimaldi Group 2018-present [1]
Operator:	Superfast Ferries 2002-2018 Grimaldi Lines 2018-present
Port of registry:	2002–2018: Piraeus,  Greece[2] 2018-onwards: Palermo,  Italy
Route:	Livorno-Palermo
Builder:	Flender Werft, Germany
Yard number:	683
Laid down:	23 November 2000[3]
Launched:	7 December 2001[3]
Completed:	2 October 2002[3]
In service:	2012–present
Identification:	IMO number: 9227429 Call sign: SYCD MMSI number: 239919000
Status:	In service
General characteristics [3]
Class and type:	Superfast XI class fast ropax ferry
Type:	Ro-pax ferry
Tonnage:	30,902 GT
Displacement:	6,678 DWT
Length:	200 m (660 ft)
Beam:	25 m (82 ft)
Draft:	6.40 m (21 ft 0 in)[2]
Decks:	10
Installed power:	4 × Wärtsilä-Sulzer 12V46C diesels combined 48000 kW[2]
Propulsion:	2 propellers 3 bow thrusters 1 stern thruster
Speed:	Service 28.6 knots (52.97 km/h; 32.91 mph)[2]
Capacity:	1639 passengers 774 berths 653 cars 1920 Lane meters[2]

Superfast XII was on the route Patras–Ancona until March 2009. From March 2009 it is on the route Piraeus–Heraklion (Crete).From 25 May 2015 it 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.