Zante Ferries

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Zante Ferries / ANMEZ S.A.
Founded1991
Headquarters,
Area served
Aegean Sea
ServicesPassenger transportation
Freight transportation
Websitezanteferries.gr

Zante Ferries, also known as ANMEZ (Ανώνυμη Ναυτιλιακή Μεταφορική Εταιρεία Ζακύνθου) in Greek, is a Greek ferry company operating from the Greek mainland to the West Cyclades, Samothrace and Lemnos from the ports of Piraeus and Alexandroupolis. The company was founded on 25 January 1991 and operates a fleet of conventional ferries.[1][2]

Routes[edit]

Fleet[edit]

Zante Ferries currently operates the following fleet.[3]

Ship Flag Built Entered
service
Gross tonnage Length Width Passengers Vehicles Knots Notes Photos
Dionisios Solomos Greece 1990 1999 4.530 GT 121.5 m 21 m 1.050 360 19 ex Royal Kawanoe
Adamantios Korais Greece 1987 2007 8.324 GT 100 m 17 m 1.040 350 18,3 ex Kyushu,
Adallh,
Visuva

Former fleet[edit]

  • Agios Dionisios (1991-1995) Decommissioned in Perama in 1996.
  • Agios Dionisios S (1995-2002) Sunk north of Lanzarote, when it was towed from Las Palmas to Aliaga for scrapping in 2014.
  • Andreas Kalvos (2002-2018) now serving as Andreas Kalvos for Levante Ferries since 2018.
  • Odysseas Elytis (2008-2013) now serving as Elysia for Munic Line since 2013.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "A.N.M.E.Z." (in Greek). shipfriends.gr. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. ^ "zante ferries" (in Greek). ellinikiaktoploia.net. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Our Ships". zanteferries.gr. Retrieved 6 January 2019.