ANEK Lines

ANEK Lines

Traded as	Athex:ANEK
Industry	Shipping Transport
Founded	April 10, 1967(1967-04-10)
Founder	Irineos Galanakis
Fate	Merged withAttica Group
Headquarters	Chania , Greece
Area served	Adriatic Sea Crete Aegean islands Italy Aegean Sea
Key people	Georgios Katsanevakis(President) Yannis Vardinoyiannis(CEO)
Products	Commercial, Passenger Transport and Cargo
Revenue	€149.99 million (2021)
Operating income	€17.04 million (2021)
Net income	€(40.70) million (2021)
Total assets	€280.91 million (2021)
Total equity	€(40.48) million (2021)
Number of employees	670 (2021)
Subsidiaries	Aigaion Pelagos Thalassies Grammes Shipping Company ANEK Holdings (99.32%) ANEK Lines Italia (49%) ETANAP (31.9%) Lefka Ori (48.24%)
Website	www.anek.gr
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ANEK Lines(Ανώνυμη Ναυτιλιακή Εταιρεία Κρήτης,Anonymi Naftiliaki Eteria Kritis,Anonymous Shipping Company of Crete) is one of the largest passenger shipping companies in Greece.It was founded in 1967 by numerous shareholders who were inhabitants ofCrete.It operates passenger ferries, mainly on the Piraeus–Crete and Adriatic Sea routes.

In December 2023, ANEK Lines was acquired byAttica Group,continuing operations as the fourth cruise line subsidiary of Attica Group.

History

F/BElyros

H/S/FHellenic Spirit

In Crete protests broke out after the Typaldos Lines car ferrySSHeraklioncapsized due to a series of safety regulations violations. The ship sank on her way from Chania to Piraeus on 8 December 1966, resulting in the death of more than 200 people.

In the aftermath, a few hundred Cretans (traders, free-lancers, pensioners, farmers), following a proposal by the Association of Economists of the Chania Prefecture with the support of the Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selinos, and Irineos Galanakis, implemented their idea to found a multi-shareholder shipping company.

Therefore, on

• 1967 - 10 April, ANEK Lines was founded with its head offices located at Chania. At the beginning only born Cretans could hold stocks in ANEK Lines.
• 1970 The company's first F/B vesselKydonstarted servicing the route Piraeus-Chania
• 1973 The F/B'sCandiaandRethymostarted servicing the route Piraeus-Iraklion
• 1978 The F/BKritistarted daily servicing the route Piraeus-Chania
• 1987 The F/BApterastarted servicing the route Piraeus-Chania
  • New route Crete-Thessaloniki started (route closed then suddenly)
• 1989 The F/B'sLatoandLissosstarted servicing the route Patras-Corfu/Igoumenitsa-Ancona
  • New blue-yellow corporate identity introduced
  • The F/BKydonwas sold.
• 1992 ANEK Lines new flagship the F/BEl. Venizelosstarted servicing the route Greece-Italy.
  • F/BTalosstarted servicing the route Patras-Trieste
• 1994 New route opened, Patras-Igoumenitsa-Bari, but already ceased the following year
• 1997 The F/B'sKriti I&Kriti IIstarted new nonstop Patras-Ancona service
• 1998 Share-capital increase and initial public offering (IPO) for the company's stocks in theAthens Stock Exchange
  • F/B "Sokofles V" starts operating the route to Northern Italy (Patras-Trieste)
  • Take over some stakes in DANE
• 1999 The company's stocks started trading on the Athens Stock Exchange on 21 January 1999
  • ANEK Lines purchases 50% of the share-capital of LANE (Ag. Nikolaos), with the assignment of the F/BTalos.
  • ANEK Lines merge with RETHYMNIAKI and integrate their ships F/BPrevelisand F/BArkadiinto the fleet
  • ANEK Lines ITALIA s.r.l.was founded. ANEK Lines holds 51% of its shares
  • ANEK Lines buys 16.5% of NEL Lines
  • ANEN was founded. ANEK Lines holds 20% of its shares

F/BLefka Ori

F/BKriti II

• 2000 The F/BLefka Oriwas purchased, fully renovated and started servicing the route Patras-Ancona.
  • ANEK Lines increase its shares to 41,9% of the share-capital of DANE
  • ANEK Lines buys 50% of the share-capital of ETANAP
  • ANEK Lines buys 62% of the share-capital of LEFKA ORI A.B.E.E.
  • Contract signed with the Norwegian shipyard Fosen Mek Shipyard for the shipbuilding of two new buildings (first time for ANEK) with delivery dates October 2000 and May 2001 with an option for two more.
  • Delivery of the newly constructedOlympic Championservicing the route Patra - Ancona which completes the route Igoumenitsa - Ancona in 15 hours.
  • ANEK Lines increases its share-capital (25% = 9.5 billion drachmas / 27.88 million EUROs)
  • The F/B'sCandiaandRethymnoare sold
  • ANEK Lines increases its share-capital in NEL to 19.05%
• 2001 Established online connections to the international booking systems START, MERLIN, AMADEUS and SIGMA
  • Delivery of the second newly constructed H/S/FHellenic Spiritservicing along with the H/S/FOlympic Championthe route Patra - Igoumenitsa - Ancona reducing the travelling time from Igoumenitsa - Ancona to 15 hours.
• The former Patras-Ancona operating ships,Kriti IandKriti II,were deployed then on Patras-Triest and Ravena-Catania (Kriti I)
• 2002 The F/B'sKriti I&Kriti IIdeployed on the Piraeus-Heraklion service
• 2003 ANEK Lines set up a ro/ro operations called ANEK CARGO for the routes Piraeus–Heraklion, Patras–Bari and Patras–Venice
• 2005 in May ANEK sold its 16.5% shares in NEL Lines to Edgewater Holdings with a €0.5 million profit
  • in November the F/BApterawas sold with a €2.5 million net profit
  • the new Patras-Venice route is added to the route to Northern Italy
  • the construction of the company's building is completed as well as the relocation of administrative services to the company-owned, functional establishment in Chania(Karamanli avenue former Souda Avenue)
• 2007 in February the company's latest establishment in Piraeus is inaugurated, housing the Directorate of Commercial Exploitation, the Directorate of Technical Services and the Piraeus main agency
• 2008 in April the P/S-F/SPrevelisentered service on the Piraeus-Paros-Naxos-Ios-Santorini line
  • in July 2008 the P/S-F/SLissosentered service between Piraeus and Chios-Mytilini
  • in September 2008 the P/S-F/SElyrosentered service between Piraeus and Chania
  • in December 2008 ANEK was awarded a prize as "The Best Passenger Line of the Year 2008" during the 5th Greek Shipping Awards ceremony hosted by Lloyd's List
• 2010 April, ANEK established a new subsidiary AIGAION PELAGOS THALASSIES GRAMMES SHIPPING COMPANY (Chania), to charter and operate the east Aegean and specifically the Piraeus-Syros-Mykonos-Ikaria-Fourni–Samos route and in September this new company undertook the Heraklion route which it is servicing by chartering Parent Company's vessels
• 2011 1 June, ANEK Lines started a 3-year joint service agreement with Attica Group (Superfast, Blue Star Ferries) for the route Patras–Igoumenitsa–Ancona and Piraeus–Irakleion under the name ANEK-Superfast. Therefore, ANEK deploy its ferryOlympic Championfrom the Ancona service (now a joint venture operations with ANEK'sLefka Oriand the Superfast VI and XI) to the Irakleio service (now a joint venture operations withSuperfast XII).
• 2012 14 June, F/BLatodeployed in the international line Bari–Durrës in cooperation with Adriatica Lines for the summer season.
• 2014 F/BIerapetra L.deployed in the international line Bari–Durrës in charter from ANEK Italia for year-round service. A major engine-room fire on 29 November 2014 when underway with crew only aboard caused substantial damage to the ship which returned to Brindisi Italy. No injuries or fatalities occurred. The vessel is currently out of operation.
• 2014 Due to the2014 Libyan conflict,Libya'sHouse of Representativeshas been housed on the ANEK's ferryElyroswhich has been moored off the coast ofTobrukin easternLibya.
• 2015 ANEK operates theSophocles VasKydonon the Piraeus-Chania. TheOlympic Championreturns to the Adriatic, and theEl. Venizelosoperates in the Northern Aegean in order to transport Syrian refugees arriving inChiosandLesvos.

Fleet

The ANEK Lines fleet is composed of eightmotorRo-Ro/passengerferries,of which six are in use and two are laid up.

Ship name	Flag	Built	IMO	Gross tonnage	Length	Width	Passengers	Vehicles	Knots	Image
El. Venizelos		1984	7907673	38,261 GT	175.5 m	28.5 m	2,500	850	21
	FormerKydon II,large rebuilt ferry, with hull build in Stocznia im, Komuny Paryskiej,GdyniaPoland, completed in 1992 atPerama,Piraeus,Greece for Piraeus - Crete routes; similar to Stena Line'sStena VisionandStena Spiritas well as the unfinishedRegent Sky.Named after Chanian politician and former Prime Minister of Greece,Eleftherios Venizelos.
Asterion II		1991	8922163	31,804GT	192 m	27 m	720	840	21.5
	FormerIshikariandGrand Spring,transferred fromSuperfast Ferries.
Kissamos		1992	9035876	29,992GT	192 m	27 m	1,790	780	24
	FormerBlue Galaxy,transferred fromBlue Star Ferries.
Elyros		1998	9178599	33,635 GT	192 m	27 m	1,874	620	24
	Rebuilt ferry, originally built byMitsubishi Heavy Industries,Shimonoseki,Japan for Piraeus - Chania route. Named afterElyrus.
Hellenic Spirit		2001	9216030	32,694 GT	204 m	25.8 m	1,850	670	30
	FormerKriti IVandOlympic Spirit,ferry build at Bruce Shipyard, Landskrona and equipped at Fosen Mekaniske Verksted, Rissa, Norway for Patras - Igoumenitsa - Ancona line.It will soon be transferred toSuperfast FerriesasSuperfast IV.

Laid up

Ship name	Flag	Built	IMO	Gross tonnage	Length	Width	Passengers	Vehicles	Knots	Image
Kriti I		1979	7814046	27,239 GT	192 m	27 m	1,500	650	22
	rebuilt ferry, originally built by Koyo Dockyard,Mihara,Japan. Named afterCreteand now laid up in Perama.
Kriti II		1979	7814058	27,239 GT	192 m	29.4 m	1,500	719	23
	Similar toKriti I.
Prevelis		1980	8020927	15,354 GT	142.5 m	23,5 m	927	310	19
	rebuilt ferry, originally built by Imbari Zosen, Imbari, Japan. Named afterMonastery of Preveli.

Former Fleet

• Kydon1968-1989 (scrapped)
• Candia1973-2000 (scrapped in 2011 as Jabal Ali 1)
• Rethymnon1973-2000 (scrapped in 2009 as Jabal Ali 2)
• Zakros1977-1985 (scrapped)
• Kriti1978-1996 (scrapped in 2004 as Express)
• Aptera1985-2005 (scrapped in 2011 as Morning Sun)
• Lato1987-2015 (scrapped in 2018 as Talaton)
• Lissos1987-2011 (scrapped in 2011 at Alang India)
• Talos1995-1999 asIerapetra L2008-2015 (asAqua BlueforSeajetssince 2016)
• Arkadi1999-2002 (sank asPellaforArab Bridge Maritime Companyat Red Sea in 2011)
• Sophocles Venizelos1999-2013 asKydonfor Anek Lines again
• Lefka Ori1999-2013 (asBlue GalaxyforBlue Star Ferriessince 2015)
• Coraggio2012-2013 (asAthena SeawaysforDFDS Seawayssince 2013)
• Forza2012-2016 (asForzaforAcciona Transmediterraneasince 2016)
• Audacia2013-2014 (asRizhao Orientfor a Chinese company since 2014)
• Norman Atlantic2014-2014 (caught fire on 28 December 2014 nearCorfu.Laid-Up for 4 years inBariscrapped inAliagain 2019)
• Asterion2016-2018 (asConnemaraforBrittany Ferriessince 2018)
• Olympic Champion2000-2023 now operates forSuperfast FerriesasSuperfast III

ANEK-Superfast

On 7 June 2011 ANEK Lines andSuperfast Ferriescreated a joint venture for thePiraeus-Heraklionand thePatra-Igoumenitsa-Anconaroutes with twoRO-PAXships on the first route (the ANEK-ownedOlympic Championand the Superfast-ownedSuperfast XII) and three in the second route (the ANEK-ownedHellenic Spiritand the Superfast-ownedSuperfast VIandSuperfast XI).

Routes

• Greece domestic
  • Piraeus–Chania(El. VenizelosandElyros)
  • Piraeus–Heraklio(Asterion IIandKissamos)
• Greece- Italy
  • Patras–Igoumenitsa–Ancona(Hellenic Spirit)

Affiliates

ANEK Group comprises ANEK Lines, its subsidiaries, and companies in which it holds a minority stake greater than 10%:

• ANEK HOLDINGS S.A. (Greece, Crete - Chania): 99.5% Tourism- participation in other companies- consulting, etc.
• ΑΝΕΚ LINES ITALIA srl (Italy, Ancona): 49%, Factoring and representation of shipping companies
• LANE S.A. (Lane Lines, Greece, Crete - Ag. Nikolaos):50.11%, Passenger ferry shipping
• AIGAION PELAGOS - THALASSIES GRAMMES SHIPPING COMPANY (Crete, Chania): 99.90%, Sailing company under Law 959/79
• T.C. SAILING (Greece, Crete - Chania): 97.5% Sailing company under Law 959/79
• ETANAP S.A. (Greece, Crete - Chania/Stylos): 50%, Production and distribution of bottled water
• LEFKA ORI S.A. (Greece, Crete - Chania/Stylos): 62%, Production and trade of plastic bottles and packaging products
• CHAMPION FERRIES L.T.D. (Marshal Island): 70%, Shipping
• Cooperative Bank of Chania: 0.01%

Former affiliates and investments:

• NEL Lines 16.5% (shares sold 2005 to Edgewater Holdings)
• DANE Sea Lines 41.87% (stop operations in August 2004 after financial difficulties)

RETHYMNIAKI (took over and finally merged into ANEK Lines in 1999) ANEN 19.36%

Accidents and incidents

On 28 August 2018, at 23:45 (UTC+03:00),El. Venizelos,one of ANEK's fleet, caught fire soon after leavingPiraeusforChania,with 875 passengers and 140 crew members on board. The ferry was able to return to Piraeus, with no injuries.

External links

• Official website
• ANEK Lines (ΑΝΕΚ) - Athens | (capital.gr profile)