Asterion II is a Ro-Ro/Passenger ferry, built in 1991 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at Kobe, Japan and put into service by ANEK in 2018 (previously operated under different names and owners).

She has two 14-cyl MAN-B&W-Mitsubishi 14V52/55B engines,[2][3] with combined power of 18,460 kW[2] and reaches speeds of up to 22 knots.

[6] At this time, she was routed on Wehai-Pyoengtaek line, connecting China with South Korea, before moving to Great Promise Industrial HK, Panama in February 2012.

In 2015, she was laid up in Weihai, China and in February 2016 she raised the Sierra Leone flag, with Freetown being its homeport.

In March 2018, she was sold to Alphaglobe Shipping of Limassol, Cyprus, with management by ANEK Lines and renamed Asterion II, before being repaired and refurbished by Naval Works Voudouris at Perama.