Aethalia

The Italian ferry operator Blu Navy has acquired the 'Samsø' and renamed it to 'Aethaia'. She left the Svendborg Shipyard on Feb 8, 2025, bound for Italy and entered the Kiel Canal. The ferry started its in 2009 as 'Kanhava' for the Bornholmstraffiken AS. The Blu Navy will most likely put deploye the ferry on the route Piombino-Portoferrai. On its way it reached the port of Brest on Feb 12.

The "Samsø ", operating between Ballen on Samsø and Kalundborg, allided with the quay in Kalundborg on the morning of Oct 26, 2024. A door for the passengers opened too soon and hit a fender when the ferry was navigating to its berth. The door got hold of the fender and was almost ripped off. Craftsmen had to be brought in and worked on fixing hinges and other things. Then the monitoring classification society had to approve that it was safe to sail on, and the same had to be done by the Danish Maritime Authority. Finally the ferry could sail from Kalundborg towards Ballen at around 4.45 p.m. A few sailings had been canceled and the rest delayed. The ship was expected to sail as scheduled on Oct 27.

On July 4, 2018, the 'Samsø' allided with a quayside docking fender during the call at the port of Kalundborg, at 08.05 a.m. The ferry was examined after the incident and found to be undamaged, with no signs of technical issues, before or during the incident. The fender sustained moderate damage with an underwater examination planned for July 9.