Star-class ferry

The Star class is a class of five Ro-pax ferries built by Fincantieri in Italy, at its Castellammare di Stabia and Ancona shipyards, for the Finnish shipping line Finnlines. The class takes its name from the first ship, Finnstar, which was delivered in July 2006, about half a year behind schedule. Finnmaid followed in August 2006, Finnlady in February 2007, Europalink in March 2007 and Finnswan, first named Nordlink, in July 2007, and most of the ships were delivered behind the planned schedule. The ships serve routes joining Finland and Sweden with Germany, chiefly Helsinki to Travemunde and Malmo to Travemunde. Finnlines describes the class as built in 2006 and 2007, carrying 554 passengers and 4,215 lane metres of cargo and cars, and the later Superstar class was built larger than the Star class.