Attica Holdings S.A., the Greek parent company of Superfast Ferries, says it has contracted to sell to Genting Group the RoPax vessel Superfast VI for a total cash consideration of €54 million.

 Genting group are the parent company of Star cruises and they also have a stake in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings.

 “The delivery of Superfast VI is scheduled to take place at the beginning of April 2013. Superfast VI will be replaced in the Patras-Igoumenitsa-Ancona route by another vessel of the Group's fleet,” Attica said in a statement.

From this transaction, Attica Group is expected to book capital losses of approximately €6.3M, which will appear in the company's 2012 financial results. After the repayment of the bank debt and all other expenses, the remaining cash is expected to reach €21 million, it said.

The ship is of 30,728 gross tons and it was built in Germany in 2001. Originally Attica built 12 of these fast ropax ferries, of which four remain in service with the company.