MS Cruise Roma

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: 54,310 GT
Length: 225 m (738 ft 2 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:
  • 2,794 passengers
  • 215 vehicles

MS Cruise Roma, owned and operated by Grimaldi Lines, is one of the largest cruiseferries 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 Italian flag.

The ship has 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]

She and the Cruise Barcelona will be lengthened at Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo until 2019.[4]

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