The Iginia was laid on May 6, 1968 as the first of three sister ships at Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti in Ancona and launched on February 28, 1969. After delivery to the Ferrovie Dello Statto on September 20, 1969, the ship was put into service in October 1969 on the route from Villa San Giovanni to Messina.
In 2002 the Iginia, like all the Ferrovie Dello Stato ships , went to the newly founded Bluvia shipping company. However, this did not change anything in the area of operation of the ship. The Iginia stayed in service for almost fourteen years and was retired on January 1, 2014.
After a lay- in period of over a year , the ship was sold to Aliağa, Turkey, in May 2015, where it was the last of the three former sister ships to be scrapped until June 2015. The Rosalia , put into service in 1973, was scrapped in 2012, the Sibari, put into service in 1970, in 2009.
