Superfast IV (2025)

For earlier ship of same name, see Superfast IV (1998).

Superfast IV entering Patras
History
Name	Hellenic Spirit (2001-2025) Superfast IV (2025 – present)
Owner	ANEK Lines (2001-2023) Attica Group (2023 – present)
Operator	ANEK Lines (2001-2025) Superfast Ferries (2025 – present)
Port of registry	Heraklion, Greece
Route	Patra-Igoumenitsa-Ancona
Builder	Fosen Mek Verksteder A/S, Norway
Laid down	2000
Launched	31 August 2000
Completed	2001
In service	2001–present
Identification	IMO number:  9216030 Call sign: SYOA MMSI number: 239806000
Status	In service
General characteristics
Type	Ro-pax ferry
Tonnage	32,694  GT 6,524  DWT
Length	204 m (669 ft)
Beam	26 m (85 ft)
Draft	6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Installed power	4 × Wärtsilä-NSD 12V46C combined 50,400 KW
Propulsion	2 propellers 3 bow thrusters 1 stern thruster
Speed	Service 28.6 knots (52.97 km/h; 32.91 mph)
Capacity	1,850 passengers 808 berths 1,100 cars 1,560 lane meters

Superfast IV is a Greek ferry operated and owned by Superfast Ferries. The ship was completed in 2001 at Fosen Mek Verksteder A/S, Norway. ^[1] It travels from Ancona, Italy, to Patras, Greece, with a stop in Igoumenitsa, Greece. ^{[2] [3]}

Service

The ship was launched as Kriti IV in Sweden, and was then towed to Fosen Shipyard in Norway for completion. Before putting her into service, the company chose to rename her Olympic Spirit , due to the excitement in Greece over Athens being designated as the host city for the 2004 Olympic Games ; however, the International Olympic Committee , which holds the rights to the Olympic Spirit brand , prevented Anek Lines from using it, and the ship was therefore renamed Hellenic Spirit .

Entered into service in May 2001 on the Ancona - Igoumenitsa - Patras line together with her twin ship Olympic Champion , she remained there continuously also in the following years.

In January 2025, with the acquisition of Anek Lines by Attica Group, it passed to Superfast Ferries and was renamed Superfast IV.

On 1 June 2025, after a few months in the shipyard in Perama , it will set sail for Patras , from where it will start service on the connections between the Greek port , Igoumenitsa and Ancona , joining the already existing sister ship Superfast III .

Sister ships

• Superfast III (former Olympic Champion)

References

1. "Hellenic Spirit (9216030)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 26 June 2020.
2. "M/F Hellenic Spirit". www.ferry-site.dk. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
3. ChaniaShips (31 May 2025). "Το SUPERFAST IV πλέει πλέον με τα νέα του σινιάλα της Superfast Ferries –Προορισμός η Πάτρα". Chania Ships (in Greek). Retrieved 9 January 2026.