SuperSeaCat Four was the fourth and last mono-hulled fast ferry to be built for
Sea Containers. Originally it was planned that she would be set in traffic between
Brindisi, Italy and
Çeşme, Turkey. The plan was abandoned however, and after delivery in May 1999 SuperSeaCat Four was laid up in
La Spezia, Italy. In 1999 Sea Containers acquired the majority of shares in classic Finnish shipping company
Silja Line. Silja were at the time operating traditional ferries on the highly lucrative route between Helsinki and Tallinn, the capitals of Finland and Estonia respectively, but had no fast ferries operating on the route. Sea Containers decided to set their extra SuperSeaCat on that route, and from 17 April 2000 onwards SuperSeaCat Four sailed on the route under Silja Line SuperSeaCat brand. Due to the
Baltic Sea freezing during winter, the service could not be operated between January and April each year. The ship spent those months laid up. In 2003 Sea Containers added a second SuperSeaCat to the route,
HSC SuperSeaCat Three. For the summer season of 2005 a third ship,
HSC SuperSeaCat One was added to the service. In late 2005 Sea Containers decided to sell all of their ferry operations, including the profitable Silja Line. Silja Line was sold to the Estonian ferry operator
Tallink, who already operated several fast and conventional ferries between Helsinki and Tallinn. Taking over the SuperSeaCats would have given them a
dominant market position on the route. Because of this the SuperSeaCats were branched off from Silja to form a separate company,
SuperSeaCat. In 2008,
SuperSeaCat Four was sold to
Greek company
Aegean Speed Lines, along with her sister ship
SuperSeaCat Three. Both ships remained in service between Helsinki and Tallinn. However, in 2009, the company decided to bring both ships to Greek service. The
SuperSeaCat Four arrived on June 17, 2009, was renamed
Speedrunner IV and began service on her owner's main service: the
Piraeus-
Serifos-
Sifnos-
Milos-
Kimolos-
Folegandros line, which she also served in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, her service was only limited to Serifos, Sifnos and Milos, and in 2013 she was laid-up in
Eleusis Bay due to her company's economic difficulties. She returned to service the following year, operating on the
Piraeus-
Paros-
Naxos line for the summer. In 2015 she returned to service in Serifos, Sifnos and Milos, while in 2016 her service was extended to Kimolos, Folegandros and
Sikinos. After the summer of 2016, the
Speedrunner IV was sold to Greek company Golden Star Ferries. She is due to enter service with them in 2017, operating from
Rafina to the
Cyclades islands under her new name,
Superrunner. In June 2021
Super Runner sold to
Seajets and renamed it
Super Runner Jet. ==Gallery==