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                                    History

	LOI
2000	Building contract
	Building started
14/4/2000	Keel laid
12/8/2000	Launch
	Sea trial
	Second sea trial
8/3/2001	Delivered to Minoan Lines S.A., Heraklion, Greece
6/4/2001	Patras – Igoumenitsa – Venice route.
22/10/2001	Patras – Igoumenitsa – Ancona route.
6/2003	Patras – Igoumenitsa – Korfu – Bari route.
9/2003	Charter to Caronte & Tourist Spa. Livorno – Catania route.
17/1/2004	Sold to Caronte & Tourist Spa. Italy.
16/2/2004	Salerno – Catania route.
10/2004	Sold to Grimaldi Ferries, Napoli, Italy.
1/2005	Sold to ACL Ship Owners, Göteborg, Sweden.
31/1/2005	Delivered to new owner. New name Eurostar Barcelona.
31/1/2005	Charter to Grimaldi Ferries, Palermo, Italy.
1/2005	Rebuild more passenger areas.
2005	Civitavecchia – Barcelona route
2008	Livorno – Barcelona route.
4/2008	Civitavecchia – Barcelona route
26/5/2008	Sold to Industria Armamento Meridionale, S.p.A. Italy.
6/9/2008	Livorno – Barcelona route.
22/9/2008	Toulon – Civitavecchia route.
11/10/2008	Charter to Minoan Lines, Patras – Igoumenitsa – Venice route.
8/12/2008	Patras – Igoumenitsa – Ancona route.
3/2009	New name Zeus Palace.
3/2009	Patras – Igoumenitsa – Corfu – Venice route.
9/11/2009	Back in Grimaldi Lines service, Civitavecchia – Barcelona route.
12/2009	Salerno – Palermo – Tunis and Civitavecchia – Trapani – Tunis routes.
2/2010	Charter to Grandi Navi Veloci, Genova – Palermo route.
10/3/2010	Civitavecchia – Palermo route.
20/10/2010	Engine room fire.
14/12/2010	Towed to Napoli, Italy for reparations.
3/2011	Back in service.
28/9/2011	Charter to Grandi Navi Veloci
4/10/2012	Minoan Lines service, Patras – Igoumenitsa – Ancona route.
12/2012	Livorno – Barcelona – Tanger Med route.
11/1/2013	Civitavecchia – Trapani – Tunis and Tunis – Palermo – Salerno routes
2016	Olbia – Civitavecchia route.