Sea Speed Ferries’ OLYMPUS will serve the Southern Aegean run

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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?

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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