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Apollon: the good, the bad and the ugly
Despite her regrettable demise, one cannot hide from the fact that the Apollon was in rather ropey condition in her final few years. However, if one overlooked the exploding toilets…
Mediterranean Massacre – Part One
The revised SOLAS (Safety of Life At Sea) regulations which came into force on 30 September were expected to cause several casualties, but the speed and number of older ferries…
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…
Picture of the week: Apollon (ex-Senlac)
The Apollon at Brindisi (click for larger image) Previous image
More on the Senlac
Nigel Best has come to the rescue to complete our update of the current status of the ‘H Boats’ with recent images, from owners European Seaways, of the Senlac, now…
Hengist, Horsa & Senlac, Summer 2009
Although Ventouris Sea Lines’ unprepossessing website gives little away, the Agios Georgios (ex-Hengist) remains the key conventional ship on operations from Piraeus to the Western Cyclades. New competition has emerged…
Hengist, Horsa, Senlac: The Rafina Summer of 2004
Although built together for Sealink, being delivered in 1972-73, the Hengist, Horsa and Senlac never operated together as such, the Senlac being Newhaven-based. There were a few occasions when the…
The great ports: Igoumenitsa
Major ferry ports in the UK and much of Northern Europe tend to be accessible only to travellers; gone are the days when ships formed an easily accessible part of…
The Southern Adriatic – a new Golden Age?
Michele Lulurgas’ epic 20-year trek through the ferries of the Adriatic highlights what in many ways can be seen as the sad decline of the area’s ferry operations as an…
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