Author: hhvferry
Picture of the week 10 May 2009: Blue Star Naxos
Blue Star Naxos off Piraeus. Click for larger image. Last week’s picture
Last of the line: the Kapetan Alexandros A (ex-Doric Ferry)
The six purpose-built ships of the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company were completed at British shipyards between 1957 and 1968 for ASN’s North Sea and Irish Sea operations and all had…
Blast from the past: Ramsgate 1980/1981
The car ferry port of Ramsgate first saw operation in 1980 when a new company, Dunkerque-Ramsgate Ferries, backed by the founder of Olau Line Ole Lauritzen, operated the former CGT/SNCM…
Picture of the week 21 April 2009 – Moby Otta & Bithia
Moby Otta (ex-Tor Scandinavia) passes Tirrenia’s Bithia outside the port of Olbia. Click for larger image. Last week’s picture
Blast from the Past: Thoresen Car Ferries, 1964
1964 saw the arrival on the Western English Channel of the Viking I and Viking II of newcomer Thoresen Car Ferries. British Railways had closed their loss-making services in advance,…
Viking XPRS rebuild
Such has been the success of Viking Line’s new Viking XPRS, operating for nearly twelve months between Helsinki and Tallinn, that her owners are extending the ship already: Dear passengers!…
Picture of the week 19 April 2009: Festos Palace
The Wonder of Ships: Festos Palace, Piraeus, July 2007. Click for larger image. Last week’s picture
Picture of the week 6 April 2009: Carmen del Mar (ex-Floria)
Carmen del Mar (ex-Villa De Agaete, Floria) arriving at Denia, August 2005. Click for larger image. Last week’s picture
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