Ventouris Sea Lines

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Ventouris Sea Lines
legal form
founding 1978
resolution 2015
Reason for dissolution Suspension of ferry operations
Seat Piraeus , Greece
Branch shipping

The Ventouris Sea Lines was a Greek shipping company , which was founded in 1978 and several ferries operate. In 2014, the shipping company stopped ferry operations due to financial difficulties. It belonged to the Ventouris Ferries shipping company, which is still active in ferry operations .

history

The Ventouris Sea Lines was founded in 1978 in Piraeus founded. The shipping company's first ship was the Captain Constantinos , which was commissioned in 1960 as Koningin Wilhelmina . In the following years, Ventouris Sea Lines expanded its fleet with further used ferries.

In 1995 Ventouris had to file for bankruptcy and sell several of its ships, but was able to resume ferry operations in 2004 after a break of almost ten years. In the last years of operation of the shipping company, the fleet consisted of only one ship, the Agios Georgios , which was commissioned as Hengist in 1972 and was already in service as Apollo Express 2 for Ventouris from 1993 to 1995 . After the ship was detained by the crew for unpaid wages, the Ventouris Sea Lines, which had run into financial difficulties, stopped ferry operations. An attempt to get the ship going again in 2015 under the new name Panagia Tinou failed. The Panagia Tinou sank in the port of Piraeus in April 2016.

Ventouris Sea Lines was part of the Ventouris Ferries shipping company, which was also founded in 1978 and is still active in ferry operations today.

Ships

year Surname tonnage shipyard Status / fate
1978 (1960) Captain Constantinos 6,228 GRT NV Scheepswerf & Machinefabriek, Hardinxveld formerly Queen Wilhelmina ; 1981 Panagia Tinou , 1990 Artemis , launched in 1995, sold in 1996, scrapped in Alang in 2009
1980 (1962) Kimolos 3,880 GRT IHC Holland, Schiedam formerly Free Enterprise ; 1993 Ergina , 1995 Ventouris , 1995 Methodia II , launched in 1995, sold in 1997, scrapped in Aliağa in 2013
1983 (1965) Georgios Express 3,208 GRT Cockerill Yards Hoboken , Antwerp formerly Roi Baudoin ; Launched in 1995, sold in 2000, scrapped in Aliağa in 2009
1987 (1973) Apollon Express 5,590 GRT Arsenal de la Marine National Francaise, Brest formerly Senlac ; 1993 Apollo Express 1 , launched in 1995, sold in 1996, scrapped in Aliağa in 2010
1990 (1961) Sifnos Express 3,333 GRT NV Boelwerf SA, Temse formerly Prins Philippe ; Launched in 1995, sold in 1996, scrapped in Aliağa in 2011
1993 (1973) Panagia Tinou 2 5,643 GRT Ailsa Shipbuilding Company , Troon formerly Cerdic Ferry ; Sold in 1995, scrapped in Aliağa in 2007
1993 (1972) Apollo Express 2 5,596 GRT Arsenal de la Marine National Francaise, Brest formerly Hengist ; Launched in 1995, sold in 1996, bought back in 2004 as Agios Georgios , launched in 2014, Panagia Tinou in 2015 , capsized in Piraeus in 2016, scrapped in Aliağa in 2017
2011 (1977) Express Pegasus 4,810 GRT Cantieri Navale Luigi Orlando, Livorno formerly Espresso Venezia ; Chartered by Anen Lines in 2011, launched in 2013

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