MS ''Color Magic'' is a

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owned and operated by the

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-based

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Color Line on its route connecting

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, Norway, with

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...

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. She was built at Aker Finnyards

Rauma Shipyard Rauma shipyard ( fi, Rauman telakka) is a shipyard in Rauma, Finland. It was previously operated by STX Finland which is owned by the South Korean STX Corporation. Rauma shipyard is specialized in large ferries, small cruise ships, multipurpose ic ...

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in 2007 and has been the largest ferry in the world ever since.Official launch of Color Magic in Kiel
. Businessland, December 2007. ''Color Magic'' is a sister vessel of MS ''Color Fantasy'', delivered to Color Line in 2004. The ship has over 1000 cabins and 54 suites.VG: Her er nye Color Magic
retrieved 6. 9. 2007 Unlike her sister, ''Color Fantasy'' was built in

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

. ''Color Magic'' has 89 more cabins than ''Color Fantasy'', as well as larger conference facilities, making it slightly larger in terms of gross tonnage.

References

External links

Color Line website for MS ''Color Magic''
Cruiseferries Ferries of Norway Ships built in Turku Ships built in Rauma, Finland 2006 ships Color Line (ferry operator) Merchant ships of Norway {{ferry-stub