According to sources cited by French weekly Le Marin, the 2,544-passenger Napoleon Bonaparte (built 1996) will be operated by subsidiary SNAV, pending a board meeting to rubber-stamp the deal next week.
SNCM has won a pledge from MSC that it will not be operated on routes to Corsica in competition with SNCM.
The ferry was smashed against a berth in high winds in October 2012, taking on water, listing and partially sinking.
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