Sea Speed Ferries’ OLYMPUS will serve the Southern Aegean run

By 2022 Newsletter week 21

After being laid up since August 2021, Seaspeed Ferries’ OLYMPUS is being reactivated for the Southern Aegean run.

Following a decision of the Hellenic Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy, she takes over the subsidized Piraeus-Santorini-Sitia-Kasos-Karpathos-Diafani-Chalki-Rhodes, Piraeus-Heraklion-Sitia-Kasos-Karpathos-Diafani-Chalki-Rhodes and Piraeus-Santorini-Anafi lines.

The 1976-Japanese-built vessel has already undergone her dry docking at Neorion shipyars (Syros) and is currently at Spanopoulos Shipyards for the final repairs.

Resurrection of Red Star Ferries’ EUROPEAN STAR?

By 2022 Newsletter week 21

On May 20, 2022 Red Star Ferries’ EUROPEAN STAR (former ST CHRISTOPHER/1981) entered the dry dock at Spanopoulos Shipyards -probably for repairs- a development that probably extends her life.

The last of the “Sealink Saints” was expected to be introduced on the Brindisi – Valona run in 2019 but never sailed. She was laid up at Neos Molos (Drapetsona) and Ambelakia (Salamina) in January 2020.

Photos: Kostas Papadopoulos