October 17, 2025
The ferry MOBY OTTA has been sold for about €5 million to Hoiyu International Group Ltd of China and has already been delivered in Livorno. Renamed ELPIS (Greek for the spirit of hope), she now flies the St. Kitts & Nevis flag.
Once in Asia, she will serve as a floating hotel and casino in Malaysia, like MOBY ZAZA. Built in 1976 by Flenderwerke in Lübeck and refurbished in 1998, the 184m vessel joined Onorato Armatori in 2006 after service with DFDS as PRINCESS OF SCANDINAVIA.
Sister ship MOBY DREA was sold earlier to Med Fuel of Messina for refurbishment and asbestos removal.