MS Zeus Palace

Overview

*2001–2005: Prometheus * 2005–2009: Eurostar Barcelona * 2009–present: Zeus Palace

country	Italy
namesake	Greek god Prometheus Ancient God Zeus
owner	2001–2003: Minoan Lines 2003–2005: Caronte and Tourist * 2005–2005: Grimaldi Euromed * 2005–2009: ACL Ship Owners * 2009–2011: Grimaldi Deep Sea * 2011–present: Grimaldi Euromed
operator	2001–2003: Minoan Lines 2003–2005: Caronte and Tourist * 2005–2008: Grimaldi Lines * 2008–2009: Minoan Lines * 2009–2010: Grimaldi Lines * 2010–2012: Grandi Navi Veloci * 2012–present: Grimaldi Lines
registry	* 2001–2005: Heraklion, 🇬🇷 Greece * 2005–present: Palermo, 🇮🇹 Italy
ordered	1998
builder	Samsung Heavy Industries, South Korea
launched	12 August 2000
maiden voyage	Spring 2001
identification	* * MMSI: 247131600
status	In active service

MS Zeus Palace is an Italian ferry, which is operated by Grimaldi Lines.

The ship was built in 2001 at Samsung Heavy Industries, South Korea for Minoan Lines as Prometheus and, with her sister ships Oceanus and Ariadne Palace, operated the 22-hour Patras–Igoumenitsa–Corfu–Venice route. In mid 2002 transferred to the same Greek ports with Bari, but it was unsuccessful. The ship was then chartered, and subsequently bought, by Caronte and Tourist. She was bought by Grimaldi Lines in 2005 and renamed Eurostar Barcelona. The ship chartered to other operated, including Minoan Lines and Grandi Navi Veloci. In 2009 the she was named Zeus Palace for Grimaldi Lines and operates on their Livorno–Palermo route.

References

Zeus Palace in Marine Traffic MarineTraffic.com^