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Blast from the past: British Ferries’ Orient Express

The arrival yesterday off Piraeus of the Arberia (ex-Wasa Queen), newly acquired by Halkydon Shipping (see pictures from shipfriends here and here), marked a belated return to very familiar waters…

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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

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Picture of the week – 16 February 2009

‘Piraeus Rush Hour’. Highspeed 1, Blue Star Ithaki and Agios Georgios (ex-Hengist), 27 July 2007 (click for larger image) Last week’s picture

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To Sifnos and back

July 2007 We arrived in Piraeus on board the Theofilos of NEL Lines, all the way from Mytilene, up in the distant north Aegean. Our ship was originally TT Lines…

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That was the year that was

It’s been another memorable year of ferrying – here are some high and low-lights from a year which saw the demise of Speedferries, the end of the Finnjet, Black Watch,…

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