Moby Niki

Moby Niki is a ferry operated by the Italian company Moby Lines. Built from 1973 to 1974 by the West German shipyard Werft Nobiskrug for the Swedish company Lion Ferry, it was originally named Europafärjan III. It entered service between Sweden and Denmark in September 1974. Originally operated by Lion Ferry and later Stena Line, it was sold to the Corsica Ferries group in 1983. Operating on routes between Italy and Corsica under the name Corsica Serena II, and then Corsica Serena Seconda from 1999, it was subsequently sold in 2011 to an Italian-Albanian company which sailed it in the Adriatic Sea under the name European Voyager. It was finally acquired in 2016 by Moby Lines, which primarily uses it on routes to the island of Elba. The Europafärjan III was ordered in the early 1970s by Lion Ferry to replace the Europafärjan II on the Varberg - Grenå route. The latter, although recently acquired by the Swedish company, quickly proved unsuitable for the route. Its replacement was therefore designed to carry a larger number of vehicles on three car decks at a higher speed. The design of its facilities, however, was geared more towards daytime operation with a limited number of berths.