HSC Fertiti

Fertiti is a 95-metre high-speed passenger and vehicle ferry owned by the Greek shipping company Seajets. Built in 1997 by Fincantieri in Italy as Pegasus Two, the vessel was initially chartered to several European operators, including Color Line and Tallink. She subsequently spent nearly two decades operating Red Sea ferry services for Arab Bridge Maritime under the name Queen Nefertiti. Following her acquisition by Seajets in early 2026, the vessel was renamed Fertiti and transferred to Greece.

Fertiti in Agios Konstantinos
History
Name	(1997–2001): Pegasus Two (2001–2004): Shannon Alexis (2004–2007): Tallink Autoexpress 3 (2007–2026): Queen Nefertiti (2026–present): Fertiti
Owner	(1997–2004): Ocean Bridge Developments S.A. (2004–2007): Tallink (2007–2026): Arab Bridge Maritime (2026–present): Seajets (Aquarider Shipping Ltd.)
Operator	(1997–1998): Color Line (chartered) (2004–2007): Tallink (2007–2026): Arab Bridge Maritime (2026–present): Seajets
Port of registry	(1997–2001): Brindisi, Italy (2001–2004): Nassau, Bahamas (2004–2007): Tallinn, Estonia (2007–2026): Aqaba, Jordan (2026–present): St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Route	Aegean Sea
Builder	Fincantieri La Spezia, Italy
Yard number	6005
Launched	1997
Completed	May 1997
Acquired	January 2026
Maiden voyage	1997
In service	1997
Identification	IMO number: 9130925 Call sign: V2B2034 MMSI number: 305034300
Status	Laid up
General characteristics
Class & type	Fincantieri MDV 1200
Tonnage	3,971 GT 395 DWT
Length	94.50 m (310 ft 0 in)
Beam	16.00 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draft	2.89 m (9 ft 6 in)
Depth	10.50 m (34 ft 5 in)
Decks	5 (2 passenger decks, 2 cargo decks)
Installed power	4 × MTU 20V1163 TB73L diesel engines (24,000 kW total)
Propulsion	2 × waterjets
Speed	37.0 knots (68.5 km/h; 42.6 mph) (service) 40.0 knots (74.1 km/h; 46.0 mph) (max)
Capacity	580 passengers 173 cars
Crew	22
Notes	Sister ship to Paraguana I

Service

The ferry, the second of a class of two sister units, as well as part of a series of six high-speed units built by Fincantieri, was launched on 27 February 1997 at the Muggiano shipyard with the name Pegasus Two and delivered on 20 May to the Brindisi-based company Ocean Bridge Developments, from which it was transferred on a bareboat charter to Color Line, for which it entered service on 12 June on the summer connections between Larvik and Skagen, where it operated for the entire season, until October, paired with the Silvia Ana L. This operation was repeated the following year, which was the last in service for the Norwegian company. In fact, after being decommissioned on 5 October 1998 in Sandefjord, the ferry sailed in January 1999 for Safaga, Egypt, where it remained until 23 March, when it was transferred to Chalkida. In October she was then chartered to the Croatian company Plomin Linija, from which she was introduced on 15 October on the routes between Venice, Ravenna and Fianona, in Istria. However, this second charter was also short-lived and in the first months of 2000 the ferry was chartered to African & Affairs SAL, from which she was introduced on the routes between Malaga and Nador, finally being laid up again in the same year, this time in Gibraltar, being put up for sale. In the same year, on 12 December the ferry was purchased by the company DMF Investment, from which she was renamed Shannon Alexis in May 2001, awaiting employment.

In April 2003, after approximately two years of lay-up in Gibraltar, the ferry was placed on a nine-month charter to the United States Army Materiel Command and moved to Cammell Laird Shipyards, where she was refitted for the new service. However, in June, upon completion of the work, the United States terminated the charter and Shannon Alexis remained laid up in Gibraltar until February 2004, when she was sold to Tallink, renamed Tallink AutoExpress 3, and launched on 14 May 2004 on the Tallinn to Helsinki service, where she was joined the following year by her sister ship Tallink AutoExpress 4.

In early 2007, with the entry into service of the new Star on the Gulf of Finland route, where the ferry operated alongside Tallink AutoExpress 4 , Tallink AutoExpress 3 was sold on 28 February for $8.2 million to Arab Bridge Maritime, to whom it was handed over in May, upon the effective closure of the service. Following this, the ferry, renamed Queen Nefertiti, was transferred to the Middle East, where it took service on the Aqaba - Nuweiba route.

On 28 August 2014, after approximately seven years of service in the Red Sea, the ferry was chartered to Inter Shipping, which used it for a few months on the routes between Algeciras and Tangier Med, before returning to operate in the Red Sea. Three years later, on 13 July 2017, the ferry returned to the Strait of Gibraltar, being chartered by Africa Morocco Link for which it began service on 25 August of the following year, again between the Andalusian and Moroccan ports, delayed due to some bureaucratic complications. Even at the end of this second charter, the ferry resumed the service between Aqaba and Nuweiba, occasionally calling at Sharm el-Sheikh.

In January 2026, after nineteen years of service in the Red Sea, the ferry was sold to Seajets, from which it will likely be cannibalized for its engine components, to be used as spare parts. Following this, the ferry, which has since been renamed Fertiti, then set sail on 22 January from Aqaba to Agios Konstantinos where it arrived four days later.