Harbour/bay cruise boat “Villaggio Italia” (ヴィラジオ･イタリア) at Kobe, 8th January 2013
Owner: Ceravi Kanko Kisen (C'est la Vie Tourist Shipping Co.), Nagoya
Port of registry: Nagoya
Builder: Kanbara Shipbuilding Co., Onomichi
Gross tons: 171
Built 1997 as “Reina Pelra”
Sold 2006 to Ceravi & renamed; operated cruises out of the Villaggio Italia mall near Nagoya Port (a joint venture between Ceravi Holdings & Nagoya Port Authority which had opened in 2005).
It seems from one dated photo on the Internet. that she was moved to Kobe in 2007, one year ahead of the bankuptcy of the mall in Nagoya. One report says that she was used as “a liner connecting Kobe Port, (Kobe) Port Island and Kobe Airport”, but that the service was suspended in January 2012 due to out-of-date inspections.
Sold 2013 to a private owner, repaired & moved to Yokohama, where she now runs charter services in Tokyo Bay, operated by Spice Serve with the name “Anniversary Cruise” (スパイスサーブ).