Tag: hellas ferries
A voyage on the Express Olympia (ex-Viking 4, Earl Granville) in 2003
Back in 2003 the ferry routes from Piraeus to the islands of the Aegean remained largely in the hands of second hand tonnage from northern Europe and Japan. Car carrying…
Farewell Senlac, Apollo Express, Express Apollon, Apollon
With minimal warning, the Apollon of European Seaways sailed for scrapping at Aliaga in Turkey on Thursday morning. Her final scheduled sailings on the Bari-Durres run were in mid-September, after…
A visit to the Masarrah (ex-St Columba, Stena Hibernia, Express Aphrodite)
Completed in 1977, the St Columba/Stena Hibernia became something of a legend on Irish Sea services through the 1980s and into the 1990s. Finally ousted by the arrival of the…
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