On 17 May 2026, Golden Star Ferries’ recently acquired ANDROS KING (ex-VOLCÁN DE TABURIENTE) made her debut at the port of Rafina after a 19-month extensive conversion and renovation at the Perama repair zone.
The vessel was purchased from Spain’s Armas in July 2024 and will enter service on the Rafina – Andros – Tinos – Mykonos route on May 25.
Built in Spain by Barreras in 2006, the vessel can carry 1,400 passengers and 310 cars. Service speed is 23 knots.
Photo: Kostas Papadopoulos
More than 2 million passengers moved this July from and to the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio, registering a 7.85% increase compared to the same month last year.
Of these, 1.5 million were to and from the port of Piraeus, an increase of 8.55% compared to July 2022. (Cars +7.66%, trucks +5.73%, two-wheelers +7.82%.)
The largest increase in passenger traffic is observed in the Argosaronic Islands as 452,680 passengers moved this July compared to 389,908 in July 2022. This is an increase of 16.1% compared to last year.
A 4.99% increase in passenger traffic is also seen in the port of Rafina (cars +7.47%, two-wheelers +4.53%, trucks -2.9%).
It is noted that the port of Lavrio recorded an increase in passenger traffic by 7.57% and cars by 8.61%.
