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]
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 the 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 parlour, a swimming pool, a disco, a casino, a conference room, a boutique, a shopping centre.[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 was lengthened[4] at Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo in February 2019.[5] Also, twin ferry Cruise Barcelona will be lengthened within 2019.[6] The same year, the vessel was retrofitted with a 5,5 MWh Orca ESS battery system from Corvus Energy. Contributes and estimated savings of about 1 million litre diesel each year, resulting in reduce in CO2 emissions.[7]
