The Aethalia was completed in January 1991. In 2012, it was subjected to a structural modernization and given the new Toremar logo. In October 2016 the ship was renamed the Stelio Montomoli in honor of a former president of the Toremar . Parts of the Elban population protested against the renaming, as it had been a tradition for several decades that one of the island ferries was named Aethalia . From 1956 to 1989 a predecessor ship also sailed under this name.