Blue Star Ferries

Founded 2000
Headquarters Athens, Greece
Area served
 Aegean Sea
Services Passenger transportation
Freight transportation
Parent Attica Holdings
Website www.bluestarferries.com

Blue Star Ferries is a brand name of Blue Star Maritime S.A. The company operates ferry services from the Greek mainland to the Aegean Islands.

Blue star ferries is the biggest ferry company in greece desserving more than 20 destinations. Its fleet is composed by modern ferries going from 23 to 30 knots.

History

Blue Star Ferries was found in 1965 as Strintzis Lines by the Strintzis family from Lixouri, Kefalonia. The company was rebranded as Blue Star Ferries in 2000 following Attica Enterprises' acquisition of a 48% stake in the company.[1] Blue Star Ferries is a sister company of Superfast Ferries, as both are part of the Attica Group and have had partnership in some routes, such as Rosyth to Zeebrugge and presently Piraeus-Heraklion.

In 2006 Blue Star Maritime S.A. purchased the Dodecanese ferry company DANE Sea Lines.

Blue Star Ferries built two ferry-type ships at Daewoo Shipyards on Korea. The first ferry, named Blue Star Delos, was delivered in first 10 days of October 2011 and the second, Blue Star Patmos in July 2012. Blue Star Delos is currently on the route: Piraeus-Paros-Naxos-Ios-Thira and Blue Star Patmos on the route: Piraeus-Chios-Mytilini(Lesvos)[2]

Fleet

Blue Star Ferries currently operates a fleet of 8 ships.[3]

Ship Flag Built Entered
service 		Gross tonnage Length Width Passengers Vehicles Knots Photos
Blue Star 1 Greece 2000 2000 29.415 GT 176 m 26 m 1.890 641 28
Blue Star 2 Greece 2000 2000 29.415 GT 176 m 26 m 1.854 641 28
Blue Horizon Greece 1987 2000 27.320 GT 187 m 27 m 1.497 780 23
Blue Galaxy Greece 1992 2015 29.992 GT 192 m 27 m 1,500 703 25
Blue Star Paros Greece 2002 2002 10.438 GT 124 m 19 m 1.474 230 24
Blue Star Naxos Greece 2002 2002 10.438 GT 124 m 19 m 1.474 230 24
Blue Star Delos Greece 2011 2011 17.550 GT 145 m 24 m 2.400 430 26
Blue Star Patmos Greece 2012 2012 17.550 GT 145 m 24 m 2.000 430 26

Routes

Piraeus-Heraklion (Blue Horizon)
Piraeus-Chania (Blue Galaxy)

Piraeus-Syros-Tinos-Mykonos (Blue Star Paros)
Piraeus-Syros-Paros-Naxos-Ios-Santorini-Anafi (Blue Star Delos)
Piraeus-Syros-Paros-Naxos-Santorini & Amorgos-Irakleia-Schoinoussa-Koufonissia-Donousa-Astypalaia (Blue Star Naxos)

Piraeus-Santorini-Kos-Rhodes-Karpathos (Blue Star 2)
Piraeus-Kalymnos-Kos-Rhodes & Astypalaia-Patmos-Leipsoi-Leros-Nisyros-Symi-Tilos-Kastellorizo (Blue Star Patmos)

Piraeus-Psara-Oinousses-Chios-Lesvos (Blue Star 1)

Media

One of Blue Star Ferries' boats took the role of Princess Myrto in the Greek TV Show Θα Σε Δω Στο Πλοίο (literally translated: I'll See You on the Ferry) broadcast by Alpha TV, a Greek channel, in 2000 till 2002. The majority of the filming for this series was on the boat itself except for on-location filming of the characters on holiday or on leave. This is still being broadcast in certain Greek speaking countries like Cyprus.

References

  1. ↑ Attica Enterprises Annual Report 2000
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-26. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  3. ↑ http://www.bluestarferries.com/site/content.asp?sel=641&loc=2
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