New Suzuran, with her sister ship New Yukari, were bought from ANEK Lines in 1996.

After the arrivals of the newest ships of ANEK Lines, the Japanese ferries Lefka Ori and Sophocles Venizelos, Kriti I with her sister ship Kriti II were transferred to the Piraeus–Heraklion route.

In 2013, the ship was chartered to an Italian company and operated on the Livorno–Olbia route but was unsuccessful due to mechanical damage.

The ship was laid-up many times and eventually, in mid-2016 Blue Star Ferries chartered it for the Piraeus–Dodecanese route for summer months only.

The ship was chartered for three years and in December 2019 Kriti I returned to Piraeus and has been laid-up since then at Perama.