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was the first Star-class ship to be completed. The ship was built at
Fincantieri's Castellammare di Stabia yard. She was delivered to Finnlines in July 2006 (original planned delivery date was in late 2005) and the class takes its name from this ship. She is used on the
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was begun at the
Castellammare di Stabia shipyard, but she was moved to the Ancona shipyard after launching. The ship's original planned delivery date was in March 2007 but after numerous delays she was finally delivered in July 2007. The
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Finnlines decided to swap the names of the ships. She was built at
Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard and delivered in February 2007 (original planned delivery date was in October 2006). She is used on the Helsinki–Travemünde route. The
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due to problems with her bow thrusters. On 4 January 2007, a small fire broke out on board while the ship was docked in
Helsinki, that seems to have originated, and been contained to one of the bilge pumps on board. The
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Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard, and is used on the Helsinki–Travemünde route. She was delivered in August 2006. Immediately after the first Travemünde–Helsinki trip the ship was forced to
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January 2022, Europalink was transferred to Naantali-Långnäs-Kapellskär route and reflagged under Finnish flag. From 2023 to 2024 she briefly returned to the Nordö-Link service between
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left on 24 January from Malmö to Naples, to change livrey to
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Finnlines, Finnmaid voyage to
Finland from Gdynia,Poland
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520:Fakta om Fartyg - M/S Europalink
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1708:Karadeniz Powership İrem Sultan
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1758:Fincantieri
1729:Saipem 7000
1722:Sagar Nidhi
1701:Castoro Sei
1629:Cargo ships
1483:Viking Star
1440:The Calypso
1380:Silver Muse
1359:MSC Seaview
1352:MSC Seaside
1251:MS Ambience
756:San Giorgio
656:Caio Duilio
377:Igoumenitsa
297:Bremerhaven
213:Fincantieri
188:lane meters
61:Fincantieri
1773:Categories
1736:Scarabeo 8
1490:Viking Sun
1476:Viking Sky
1469:Viking Sea
1181:Koningsdam
764:San Giusto
708:Esmeraldas
434:References
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415:Malmö Link
369:Europalink
362:Europalink
345:Europalink
338:Europalink
321:Europalink
265:Travemünde
147:Propulsion
81:In service
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1619:Superstar
1518:Zuiderdam
1504:Westerdam
1394:Le Soléal
1293:Rotterdam
1244:Oosterdam
1188:Le Lyrial
1004:Concordia
885:Britannia
878:Le Boreal
864:L'Austral
850:Amsterdam
824:Bergamini
740:Maestrale
670:Cassiopea
229:Finnlines
219:at their
211:built by
89:Completed
75:Finnlines
71:Operators
1497:Volendam
816:Musherib
692:Diciotti
663:Carvajal
636:Warships
587:Finnstar
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396:Nordlink
389:Finnswan
381:Brindisi
349:Finnlady
330:Finnlady
325:Finnlady
317:Finnlady
310:Finnlady
302:Finnmaid
288:Finnmaid
281:Finnmaid
273:Finnstar
269:Finnstar
261:Helsinki
256:Finnstar
249:Finnstar
178:Capacity
154:Wärtsilä
57:Builders
45:Finnstar
1746:Related
1683:Victory
1528:Ferries
1511:Zaandam
1462:Ventura
1454:Veendam
1286:Riviera
1230:Noordam
1195:Maasdam
1153:Eurodam
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857:Arcadia
748:Minerva
293:drydock
237:Germany
233:Finland
209:ferries
112:Tonnage
1676:Serene
1661:Yachts
1457:(1996)
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1209:Marina
786:Shakti
685:Deepak
678:Cavour
420:Gdynia
241:Sweden
225:Ancona
206:Ro-pax
186:4,200
123:Length
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779:Scirè
771:Sauro
428:Malmö
358:Malmö
353:Malmö
217:Italy
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171:knots
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1597:Star
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