According to reliable sources, Creta Cargo Lines has purchased the RoPax MED STAR (ex-QUEEN DIAMOND, NEW SEA WORLD EXPRESS FERRY, PRINCESS T, VÄSTERVIK), which has been laid up at Neos Molos since May 2024. She arrived in Greece in 2008 for Endeavor Lines but never entered service for the company. In 2013, she was chartered to Gotlandsbåten AB, but the plans fell through. In 2015, she operated unsuccessfully on the Igoumenitsa–Kefalonia (Sami)–Corfu–Bari route. In August 2017, she was sold to Moroccan operator Inter Shipping for the Algeciras–Tanger Med route. In April 2024, she was sold following a tender and towed to Piraeus. Built by Kurushima Dock in Japan in 1986, she has capacity for 1,200 passengers and 1,000 lane metres of vehicle space, with a service speed of 21 knots.
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