GNV Orion
 GNV Orion in Livorno | |
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | 2025–present: GNV Orion |
| Owner | 2025–present: Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) (MSC Group) |
| Operator | 2025–present: Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) |
| Port of registry | 2025–present: Genova,  Italy |
| Route | |
| Ordered | 2022 |
| Builder | |
| Yard number | 21110002 |
| Laid down | 30 October 2023 |
| Launched | 26 June 2024 |
| Completed | April 2025 |
| Acquired | April 2025 |
| Maiden voyage | May 2025 |
| In service | 2025 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | GNV Newbuild Class / GSI Ro-Pax |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 218.00 m (715 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 29.60 m (97 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 6.45 m (21 ft 2 in) |
| Depth | 10.00 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Decks | 12 |
| Ramps | Bow and stern loading ramps |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 × controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 25.0 knots (46.3 km/h; 28.8 mph) (service) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 50–60 |
GNV Orion is a 218.00-metre high-capacity Ro-Pax cruise ferry owned and operated by Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV). Built in 2025 by Guangzhou Shipyard International in China, she is the second ship delivered in a series of new-generation ferries designed for GNV's fleet modernization. Equipped with cold-ironing shore power capabilities, exhaust gas cleaning systems, and four MAN main engines producing 41,400 kW, she operates key Mediterranean routes connecting mainland Italy with Sicily and Sardinia.
Service
[edit]The ferry, the second of a series of four sister units, was launched on 26 June 2024 at the COMEC shipyards in Canton with the name of GNV Orion[1]and delivered on 16 April 2025 to GNV.[2][3] On 26 April it then set sail for Genoa, where it arrived on 30 May. On 16 June it finally began service on the connections between Genoa and Palermo, joining the first sister ship GNV Polaris.[4]
From 28 June 2025 it will also operate occasionally on the connections between Genoa and Porto Torres and from 6 May 2026 also on those between the Ligurian port and La Goletta, replacing the GNV Aurora.[5] On 3 July 2025 it was officially christened in Genoa by the Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini.[6][7]
Sister ships
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Latorre, Michele (2024-06-28). "Varo tecnico in Cina della Gnv Orion". TrasportoEuropa. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ ITALY, REDAZIONE SHIPPING (2025-04-16). "Gnv ha preso in consegna il nuovo traghetto Orion". Shipping Italy (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ Simone (2025-04-19). "Grandi Navi Veloci prende in consegna il nuovo traghetto GNV Orion". Pianeta Navi (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ WhatsApp, Redazione 17 aprile 2025 20:30 Facebook. "Gnv Orion consegnata in Cina: da giugno opererà sulla Genova-Palermo". PalermoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-08-05.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "M/F GNV Orion — The Ferry Site". www.ferry-site.dk. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ Latorre, Michele (2025-07-03). "Battezzata sotto la Lanterna la nuova ro-pax Gnv Orion". TrasportoEuropa. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ WhatsApp, Redazione 04 luglio 2025 08:38 Facebook. "Battesimo in porto per la nuova nave Gnv Orion: Federica Pellegrini la madrina". GenovaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-08-05.
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