The ''AF Mia'' is a RO/PAX ferry operated and owned by

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. The ship was built as ''Ikarus'' in Fosen Mek Verksteder A/S, Norway for Minoan Lines in 1997, and later renamed ''Ikarus Palace''. She has a sister ship now with

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Minoan Lines Career

''Ikarus'' made her career for Minoan Lines in 1997 and worked the

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- Igoumenitsa-

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route for many years with her sister ship ''Pasiphae''. In 2001 both ships were renamed ''Ikarus Palace'' and ''Pasiphae Palace'' respectively. They worked together for many years on the same route until ''Pasiphae Palace'' was sold to SNCM and renamed ''Jean Nicoli''. ''Ikarus Palace'' also made worked the Piraeus- Heraklion route replacing another ship of her company. After the arrivals of the newest ships and , ''Ikarus Palace'' was laid-up in Patras and then joined the Patras-Igoumenitsa- Ancona route and subsequently replacing ''

HSF Knossos Palace HSF''Cruise Bonaria'' is a Ro-Pax high speed ferry, built in 2000 at the Sestri Ponente shipyards by Fincantieri and owned by Grimaldi Lines previously owned by Minoan Lines. It can accommodate up to 2,500 passengers and 700 cars, and has 758 beds ...

'' and ''

HSF Kydon Palace Kydon Palace is a Greek Ro-Pax high speed ferry, built in 2001 at the Sestri Ponente shipyards by Fincantieri as the Festos Palace and owned by Minoan Lines. She is a sister ship of '' MS Knossos Palace (2000) ''. She was named by Kydon the m ...

'' on Piraeus-Heraklion route.

Chartered to Grimaldi Lines

''Ikarus Palace'' then chartered for

Grimaldi Lines The Grimaldi Group is a private shipping company owned by the Grimaldi family (Emanuele Grimaldand based in Naples, Italy. Grimaldi operates a large fleet of ro-ro, ro-ro/multipurpose, con-ro multipurpose, PCTC (Pure Car and Truck Carrier), ro ...

. The ship when chartered for

began the

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

- Barcelona- Tangier route. The ship also came many times in Greece to replace other ships of her company. The ship made her last route

- Igoumenitsa- Ancona route in 2016 and then sold to

and named ''Cruise Smeralda''.

Sold to Adria Ferries

''Cruise Smeralda'' was sold to

in 2023 and was renamed ''AF Mia''.

Route

''AF Mia'' currently operates in the following route between Italy and Albania: * Ancona- Durres

References

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