A public notice from the local Coast Guard in Sicily confirms that the RoPax vessel LA SUPERBA will soon leave Palermo to be dismantled in Turkey. The ship had been declared a constructive total loss following a fire on 14 January 2023 while docked in Palermo.

The insurer Siat has become the legal owner of the vessel after GNV, controlled by the MSC Group, wrote it off. GNV initially intended to return LA SUPERBA to service by summer 2023, but significant fire damage—affecting the forward section, two garage decks, cabins, and public areas—prevented any repair.

Built in 2002 by Nuovi Cantieri Apuania in Italy, LA SUPERBA was, at the time of her debut, the largest passenger ferry in the Mediterranean and one of the largest in the world. The vessel had capacity for 2,920 passengers, 1,000 cars, and 2,800 lane metres of cargo.