Viking Line sold the ferry to the Greek Aegean Sealines Maritime, which will employ the 1980-built-in-Turku ship in the Aegean Sea.

Rosella has lately been serving the Kapellskär-Mariehamn service of Viking Line. Her last crossing will take place on 8 January 2023.

The ferry was sold for €11.25m.

Though kept in good condition, Rosella couldn't further keep up with Viking Line's policy on minimising its environmental impact. Faced with high bunker prices and the incoming emission trading, the company decided to dispose of older tonnage.

Meanwhile, Viking Line denied that reflagging Viking XPRS had to do anything with putting her on the Kapellskär-Mariehamn route. As such, the service's future remains unknown.

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