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Latest Update: March 1st, 2021   PIRAEUS MAIN PORT Achaeos | Winter lay up since 14.01.2021 Aegean Goddess (former Pacific Aria) | Laid up due to the pandemic since 06.11.2020 Blue Star 1 | Winter lay up since 11.09.2020 Blue Star Chios | Winter lay up since 08.02.2021 Blue Star Paros | Laid up due to the pandemic since 28.02.2021 Celestyal Crystal | Laid up due to the pandemic since 14.03.2020 Celestyal Experience | Laid up due to the pandemic since 13.08.2020 Celestyal Olympia | Laid up due to the pandemic since 18.11.2019 Champion Jet 2 | Winter lay up since 22.11.2020 Hellenic Highspeed | Sailed to Lavrion in order to replace the Artemis Highspeed 4 | Laid up due to the pandemic since 01.10.2019 Festos Palace | Back in service to Heraklion Flyingcat 4 | Winter lay up since 07.09.2020 Flyingcat 5 | Laid up due to the pandemic since 17.11.2020 Majesty (Former Majesty of the Seas) | Laid up due to the pandemic since 01.02.2021 Porfyrousa | Winter lay up since 13.01.2021 Posidon Hellas | Winter lay up since 13.02.2021 Sea Jet 2 | Winter lay up since 25.10.2020 Speedrunner III | Winter lay up since 30.12.2020 Superjet | Winter lay up since 11.10.2020 Superexpress | Laid up due to the pandemic since 10.10.2019 Superspeed | Laid up due to the pandemic since 27.07.2019 Worldchampion Jet | Winter lay up since 30.09.2020   DRAPETSONA REPAIR DOCK (NEOS MOLOS DRAPETSONAS) Alexandra L | Laid up, since 09.06.2019 Aqua Solution | Laid up since 29.01.2018 Kefalonia | Winter lay up since 19.11.2020 Smyrna | Under refit since 27.06.2019   KERATSINI REPAIR DOCKS Aegean Odyssey | Laid up due to the pandemic since 12.07.2020 Antigoni (ex Poseidonas) | Landing Craft Type Ferry | New ferry for Saronic Ferries | Under major refit Ekaterini P | Laid up after replacing main engines since 03.04.2019 Kapetan Christos | Winter lay up since 14.01.2021 Navtilvs | Laid up since 26.06.2018 Nissos Kalymnos |  Resumed service, sailed to Kalymnos Phivos |  Winter lay up since 30.09.2020 Saonisos | Under refit since 13.08.2020, performing several sea trials Symi | Winter Lay up since 08.09.2020, moved from Salamina   PERAMA Ariadne | Laid up following completion of her Tirrenia charter, on 03.01.2021 Ayshe | Laid up, since 24.05.2019 Azores Express (ex Aeolos, ex Moby Love) | Laid up since 03.05.2019 Dream Goddess (ex- Berlin) | Arrived in Perama to be converted into a luxury yacht on 30.11.2020 Eleftherios Venizelos | Laid up since 26.04.2020 Express Pegasus | Laid up after grounding off Kasos on 24.08.2020 Express Skiathos | Winter lay up since 07.02.2021 now on drydock Fast Ferries Andros | Winter lay up since 14.01.2021 Flying Dolphin Erato | Winter lay up, since 31.10.2020 Hellenic Spirit | Sailed to Patras, back in service Kalli P | Laid up since 06.05.2015 Kriti II | Winter lay up, since 16.10.2020 Kydon Palace | Winter lay up, since 01.03.2021 Nissos Samos | Winter lay up, now on drydock Ocean Trader | Drydock complete Protoporos XVI | Double Ended Ferry. Under Construction, for Tsokos Lines. Supercat | Laid up due to the pandemic since 12.09.2019 Thunder (ex Turgut Özal) | Laid up since 31.08.2019 Trinacria II | Double Ended Ferry. Under Construction, for Blue Line Italy Zakynthos I | Idle, since 13.03.2018 | Awaiting her fate   SALAMINA (ALL DOCKS AND YARDS) Aeolos Kenteris I | Laid up since 05.09.2011, strong rumour she has been renamed Anemos Aeolos Kenteris II | Laid up since 29.08.2011 Alexandros M | Winter lay up since 02.11.2020 Caldera Vista | Winter lay up since 28.02.2021 Cat I (ex Alkyoni) | Under Repairs since 12.07.2019 Damianos | Under refit since 11.10.2015 European Star | Laid up since 17.08.2018 Flyingcat 6 | On drydock since 18.11.20 Giannis S (ex Hydra I) | Laid up since 17.07.2009 Ithaki Diamond | Landing Craft Type Ferry | Laid Up since 05.11.2019 Ift (ex-Swift 1) | Engines haven been removed. Laid up since 01.11.2017 Iris I | Newly bought catamaran ferry, arrived on 13.12.2020 Nearchos | Winter lay up, since 30.11.2020 Olympus | Winter lay up since 02.09.2020 Panagia Agiasou | Laid up since 19.01.2018 Paros Jet | Laid up, since 01.10.2019 Power Jet | Winter lay up since 31.12.2020 Rapidlink Jet | Laid up since 30.11.2019 RCGS Resolute | Laid up since 22.10.2020 Red Star 1 | Laid up since 17.11.2019 Sea Star | Laid up since 06.05.2017  Sifnos Jet| Winter lay up since 09.11.20 Speed Cat 1 | Laid up since 11.09.2016 Speed Cat I | New highspeed ferry for Alpha Lines (Antonis Agapitos) arrived 16.09.2020 and now on drydock Superunner | Laid up due to the pandemic since 29.10.2019, now on drydock Talos | Winter lay up since 23.09.2020 Taxiarchis | Laid up to be scrapped since 31.07.2018   ELEFSINA / ELEFSIS BAY Arsinoi | Rusting away partly submerged, at Elefsina Bay anchorage since 02.06.2009 Horizon | Laid up to be scrapped at Elefsina Bay anchorage, since 18.08.2020 Mare I (former Marella Celebration) | Laid up to be scrapped, at Elefsina Bay anchorage since 11.07.2020 Marella Dream | Laid up to be scrapped at Elefsina Bay anchorage, since 27.10.2020 Mediterranean Sky | Rusting away partly submerged since December 2003 Minerva | Laid up since 07.10.2017, to be converted into a private yacht Mytilene | Laid up, at Elefsina Bay anchorage since 03.07.2016 Penelope A | Laid up, at Elefsina Bay anchorage since 18.06.2014 Samos Spirit | Laid up since 05.03.2017 Theofilos | Laid up at Elefsina Bay anchorage since 30.04.2018   CHALKIDA (CHALKIS YARDS @ AVLIDA) Andros Jet | Winter lay up since 20.07.2020 Aqua Blue | Winter lay up since 03.02.2021, drydock complete Artemis I K | Laid up Champion Jet 1 | Laid up since 09.11.2020 Crown Iris | Laid up due to the pandemic since 29.11.2019 Golden Iris | Laid up since 23.11.2018 High Speed Jet | Laid up since 04.04.2009 HSC Cat (ex- Sea Speed Jet)| Laid up since 01.06.2014 Hydra Cat | Laid up since 2005 Ilion | Laid up since 11.03.2018 Mega Jet | Laid up, since 25.09.2019. 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On your first question, it's embarassing for me to even attempt to explain. And it comes down to the rotten Greek mentality, especially in whatever has to do with the State. My take on this is, imagine there was a legal framework which was crystal clear and left no space for ambiguity or gave no right to the Minister to intervene at will. If you're the State and its servants, this is bad news because it leaves you without any bargaining chip. How would you be able to do favours to those who support you politically? How would you be able to extract favours and benefits yourself from those who have business interests in this? I think you've found yourself long enough in Greece to catch my drift.   I'm fully with you on the timing around selling some of the old Sealink ferries. Looking at which ferries where enlisted for the subsidised services in the Aegean after those sales(Nona Mary, Saos II, Panagia Tinou, Panagia Hozoviotissa, Aqua Spirit, Aeolos Express, Artemis to name but a few), it's clear to me that these ships could have provided a much better level of service in such roles. At the same time though, to see back one of them in her 5th decade of life, after a long lay up and following years of service in areas where maintenance and safety standards are lower than low, is definitely a step in the wrong direction. Arguably, if the right amount of money is put on the ship, she can come back white as a dove. But at this day and age and with the statutory requirements taking the course they're taking, does it make any sense to spend such money? I very much doubt so.   The ANEK front has been rather quiet in terms of developments. Now that you mention it, they only mention of their name I have seen lately was in an interview by Grimaldi a few weeks ago where he clearly said that they "are in talks about ANEK". I presume with the banks and about the possibility of Grimaldi buying either the company as a whole, or some of the silverware such as the 2 Adriatic ships. The gist of it is that both ANEK and Attica are at his mercy, he can sweep them clean off the table if he pursues it. And this is a major failure of the management of thos companies over the last 20 years.

It's always puzzled me why this happens - any idea what the logic of making these bids is?    Either of these would be very good news for the fan of old Sealink train ferries It would be great for the Al Salmy 4 to make a return; I felt had a bit of life left in her when she left Greek waters as the Azoreans seemed happy enough with her turning up each summer. Then again I still bear a grudge that HSW sold the Masarrah 14 years ago when she still seemed to be well filled with passengers every summer morning so perhaps I'm not a good judge of when a ship's time has come.  Any more news on what is happening with ANEK?