El. Venizelos
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The El. Venizelos is an Anek Lines ferry that operates in the Mediterranean .
Surname
The ship was named after the former Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos .
history
The ship was originally built as the third of four ships for the Stena Line and should come into service as the Stena Polonica . After delays in construction, Stena Lines terminated the contract with the shipyard in Gdynia, Poland . The ship under construction was sold to Fred after the contract was canceled . Olsen Line sold and renamed Bonanza . She also canceled the contract. Anek Lines from Chania then bought the ship and had it transferred to Perama for completion . There the ferry was completed after a few changes to the plan. In particular, a bow and side ramp was dispensed with, as these required infrastructures that were not yet available in Greece at the time. In addition, a small chapel for San Nicola was built in and one of the bars was converted into a luxurious “piano bar”.
use
Until 2001, the ship operated between Trieste and Patras in the summer months and between Piraeus and Crete in the winter . After that, it was used on domestic Greek connections for another two years. On the connection to Italy, other providers are now using high-speed ferries, buying the right to use the port of Venice and thus creating competition.
At the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001 , the ship was used as a floating hotel. From June 2004 the ship was chartered to COTU.NAV in the summer and in winter it was used again on the Trieste-Patras route.
The ferry was also used for cruises, around 2006 on the route Piraeus - Chania - Tripoli - Tunis - Málaga - Mallorca - Naples - Chania - Piraeus . In 2007 she was chartered to Tunisia and from June to September 2007 drove between Tunis and Genoa / Marseille , then again between Piraeus and Heraklion. In 2008 she again traveled the route between Tunis and Genoa / Marseille for three months, as well as between June and September 2009.
On August 12, 2015, it was announced that the ferry to Kos in the eastern Aegean Sea will be relocated and will serve as a temporary reception center for refugees. The ship arrived in Kos on August 14th. From August 19, it ran daily refugee transports from the islands to Piraeus. In the 2017 summer season, the El. Venizelos the route Piraeus-Chania. Currently (as of April 2018) it is traveling the same route.
In August 2018, a fire broke out on board.
Furnishing
The ship is equipped with the cabins in eight classes that are common on Greek ferries. It has two-, three- and four-bed cabins inside and outside as well as luxury cabins with one or two beds. On the ship with twelve decks there is a casino, disco, perfumery and clothes shop, supermarket and souvenir shop, restaurants, infirmary, internet access and several bars and lounges.
Sister ships
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ M / S EL. VENIZELOS. Retrieved January 21, 2013 .
- ↑ Entry at RINA (English)
- ↑ El. Venizelos on hhvferry.com (English)
- ↑ F / B El. Venizelos on Adriatic and Aegean Ferries (English)
- ↑ Φωτιά στο «Ελ. Βενιζέλος »: Δείτε την ανακοίνωση της ΑΝΕΚ Lines. August 30, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018 (Greek).