On August 9, 2021 the former AZORES EXPRESS of Hellenic Med Ferries performed her sea trials under the Seajets ownership. She was purchased at the end of July and renamed AQUA STAR. According to the information she will be probably introduced within the next few days temporarily on the Lavrio – Agios Efstratios – Lemnos – Kavala line.
Getting prepared for her returning voyage to Greece is the AQUA MYTH (former AL SALMY 4, EXPRESS SANTORINI, CHARTRES), which was recently purchased by Seajets.
The Greek crew that will take her over has already flown to Dubai and soon the ship will set sail for Greece.
On May 14, 2021 the two High Speed Crafts of Gozo Fast Ferry arrived as deck cargo in Valletta, coming from Singapore.
On 14 May 2021, Seajets’ HSC CAPRICORN was towed to the anchorage area of Chalkis Shipyard (Avlis) for lay up.
The Italian-built vessel was purchased from Croatia in 2019 and laid up at Ambelakia Salaminas awaiting a new career.
Her name was shortened to APRI and she flies the flag of Comoros. To be scrapped?
On April 29, 2021, it was confirmed that Seajets agreed to purchase 4 vessels from Golden Star Ferries:
Greek ship-owner Marios Iliopoulos of Seajets has acquired four cruise ships in the last three months. (the man in the middle of the picture)
According to experienced market executives, it is estimated that the ships’ pre-corona value was $500 million. They were purchased about $7.5 million each.
The market excludes the possibility for Mr. Iliopoulos to form a cruise company. These ships will either be chartered to other cruise companies or sold at 2019 prices.
Ships: QUEEN OF THE OCEANS (2000, Wikipedia), AEGEAN MAJESTY (1996, Wikipedia) and AEGEAN MYTH (1993, Wikipedia), PACIFIC ARIA (1994, Wikipedia).
Seajets’ HSC SIFNOS JET will be introduced on July 18 on the Piraeus – Western Cyclades line.
The small high-speed craft arrived in Elefsina on December 9, 2016 – onboard the general cargo ship EIT PALMINA.
In the past she served the islands of New Caledonia – as the BETICO – on behalf of Compagnie Maritime des Iles. She is fully repaired and upgraded and she has also changed her main engines.
SIFNOS JET was built in Australia (Austal) in 1999. She has a GT of 908. With a length of 52.4m her carrying capacity is 500 passengers.
She is equipped with 4 x MTU 4000 M05 main engines and her speed is 35 knots.
Cypriot-based Seajets confirmed the purchase of the monohull HSC CAPRICORN (1999), which is laid up at the Nauta Lamjana shipyard in Croatia since 2011.
The vessel belonged to the American Avid Ltd, which purchased her from Aliaga with the prospect of converting her into a mega-superyacht, but plans fell through.
HSC CAPRICORN is a sister ship of TERA JET and she arrived at the port of Piraeus under tow on 19 June (see photo).
