Tag: Seajets CHAMPION JET 3 | Ferry Shipping News

The Hellenic Ministry of Shipping announced that Seajets HSC CHAMPION JET 3 will operate to Cyclades on the evening summer zone from 1 May to 14 October 2024.  The ship will depart from the port of Piraeus at 16:00 for the Syros – Mykonos – Paros – Naxos – Santorini line and v.v. the following morning.

CHAMPION JET 3 (ex- INCAT 045) was purchased in July 2023 from the Spanish company Trasmapi and delivered at the port of Vigo.   She was built by Incat in 1997 and her carrying capacity is 700 passengers and 200 cars. Her speed is 36 knots.

Photo: Kostas Papadopoulos

2023, the first full post-Covid year, seen a healthy return of tourist traffic to Calais.  The port witnessed;

• 7,263,513 passengers and nearly 1.3 million tourist vehicles, representing an increase of 41% and 33% respectively compared to 2022
• Just over 2 million travellers and nearly 450 000 vehicles in July and August alone
• 60,037 coaches, an increase of 85% on 2022, a market share of 70%
• 1,809,813 freight units, an increase of 10% on 2022. This brought the port back to pre-Brexit levels. With a 2% market contraction, this meant that the port exceeded a 50% market share.
• Unaccompanied traffic was down 12% to 55,010 units, compared to 2022.