MS Cruise Roma
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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.[http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/traghetto-chiamato-roma-varato-gioiello-grimaldi.html Un traghetto chiamato “Roma”. Varato il gioiello della Grimaldi]
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.[http://www.grimaldi-lines.com/it/flotta/cruise-roma-barcellona M/V Cruise Roma/Barcelona]
Cruise Roma is operated on the route linking Civitavecchia, Italy to Barcelona, Spain via Porto Torres (Sardinia), together with her sister Cruise Barcelona.[http://civitavecchia.portmobility.it/it/traghetti-la-spagna-civitavecchia-barcellona Traghetti per la Spagna, Civitavecchia-Barcellona.]
The ferry was lengthened{{Cite web|url=https://www.fincantieri.com/en/media/press-releases/2018/fincantieri-will-renew-two-cruise-ferries-for-grimaldi/|title = Fincantieri | FINCANTIERI WILL RENEW TWO CRUISE FERRIES FOR GRIMALDI}} at Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo in February 2019.{{Citation|last=Messaggero Marittimo|title=La trasformazione della "Cruise Roma"|date=2019-02-25|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsRUFJZNKDQ|access-date=2019-04-05}} Its twin, the ferry Cruise Barcelona was also lengthened in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/fincantieri-jumboise-le-ferry-cruise-roma|title = Fincantieri jumboise le ferry Cruise Roma|date = 24 January 2019}} The same year, the vessel was retrofitted with a 5,5 MWh Orca ESS battery system from Corvus Energy. This led to an estimated savings of about 1 million litres of diesel each year, resulting in reduced emissions of CO2.{{cite web |url=https://corvusenergy.com/projects/cruise-roma/ |title=MS Cruise Roma retrofitted to be hybrid |publisher=Corvus Energy |access-date=2 February 2024}}
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