ANEK Lines

ANEK Lines
ANEK Lines
Traded as	Athex: ANEK
Industry	Shipping; Transport
Founded	10 April 1967; 59 years ago
Founder	Irineos Galanakis
Fate	Merged with Attica 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
	Footnotes; source for financial figure:

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 as a community-based company by residents of Crete.^{[citation needed]} It operates passenger ferries, mainly on the Piraeus–Crete and Adriatic Sea routes.

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

Fleet

The ANEK Lines fleet is composed of six motor Ro-Ro/passenger ferries, of which three are in use, two on long-term charter, and one is laid up.

Ship name	Flag	Built	Entered Service	Gross tonnage	Length	Width	Passengers	Vehicles	Knots
Asterion II		1991	2024	31,804 GT	192 m	27 m	1,020	840	21.5
Asterion II	Former Ishikari and Grand Spring, transferred from Superfast Ferries.
Kissamos		1992	2024	29,992 GT	192 m	27 m	1,790	780	24
Kissamos	Former Blue Galaxy, transferred from Blue Star Ferries.
Elyros		1998	2007	33,635 GT	192 m	27 m	1,880	620	24
Elyros	Rebuilt ferry, originally built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki, Japan, for the Piraeus–Chania route. Named after Elyrus.

Laid up

Ship name	Flag	Built	Entered Service	Gross tonnage	Length	Width	Passengers	Vehicles	Knots	Image
Prevelis		1980	2000	15,354 GT	142.5 m	23.5 m	1,300	310	19
Prevelis	Rebuilt ferry, originally built by Imbari Zosen, Imbari, Japan. Named after the Monastery of Preveli. Laid up in Elefsis waiting for demolition.

On long-term charter to foreign companies

Ship name	Flag	Built	Gross tonnage	Length	Width	Passengers	Vehicles	Knots
El. Venizelos		1984	38,261 GT	175.5 m	28.5 m	2,257	850	21
El. Venizelos	Former Kydon II; large rebuilt ferry, with hull built in Stocznia im, Komuny Paryskiej, Gdynia, Poland, completed in 1992 at Perama, Piraeus, Greece, for Piraeus–Crete routes. Similar to Stena Line's Stena Vision and Stena Spirit, as well as the unfinished Regent Sky. Now on bareboat charter to Algérie Ferries.
Kydon		1990	29,991 GT	192 m	27 m	1,672	780	25
Kydon	Former Sophocles V. On bareboat charter for Ferries del Caribe from 2017.

Former fleet

Kydon 1968–1989 (scrapped)
Candia 1973–2000 (scrapped in 2011 as Jabal Ali 1)
Rethymnon 1973–2000 (scrapped in 2009 as Jabal Ali 2)
Zakros 1977–1985 (scrapped)
Kriti 1978–1996 (scrapped in 2004 as Express)
Aptera 1985–2005 (scrapped in 2011 as Morning Sun)
Lato 1987–2015 (scrapped in 2018 as Talaton)
Lissos 1987–2011 (scrapped in 2011 at Alang, India)
Talos 1995–1999 as Ierapetra L 2008–2015 (as Aqua Blue for Seajets since 2016)
Kriti I 1996–2025 (sold for scrap in 2025)
Kriti II 1996–2025 (sold for scrap in 2025)
Arkadi 1999–2002 (sank as Pella for Arab Bridge Maritime Company in the Red Sea in 2011)
Olympic Champion 2000–2023 (as Superfast III for Superfast Ferries since 2024)
Hellenic Spirit 2001–2024 (as Superfast IV for Superfast Ferries since 2025)
Coraggio 2012–2013 (as Athena Seaways for DFDS Seaways since 2013)
Forza 2012–2016 (as Forza for Acciona Transmediterranea since 2016)
Audacia 2013–2014 (as Rizhao Orient for a Chinese company since 2014)
Norman Atlantic 2014–2014 (caught fire on 28 December 2014 near Corfu. Laid up for 4 years in Bari; scrapped in Aliaga in 2019)
Asterion 2016–2018 (as Connemara for Brittany Ferries since 2018)
Lefka Ori 2023–2024 then transferred to Superfast Ferries

ANEK-Superfast

On 7 June 2011, ANEK Lines and Superfast Ferries created a joint venture for the Piraeus–Heraklion and the Patras–Igoumenitsa–Ancona routes. This involved two RO-PAX ships on the first route (the ANEK-owned Olympic Champion and the Superfast-owned Superfast XII) and three on the second route (the ANEK-owned Hellenic Spirit and the Superfast-owned Superfast VI and Superfast XI).

Routes

Greece domestic^{[citation needed]}
- Piraeus–Chania (Elyros and Kissamos)
- Piraeus–Heraklio (Asterion II)

Affiliates

ANEK Group comprises ANEK Lines, its subsidiaries, and companies in which it holds a minority stake greater than 10%:^{[failed verification]}

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 Ltd (Marshall Islands): 70%, shipping

Former affiliates and investments:

NEL Lines 16.5% (shares sold 2005 to Edgewater Holdings)
DANE Sea Lines 41.87% (stopped operations in August 2004 after financial difficulties)
RETHYMNIAKI (took over and finally merged into ANEK Lines in 1999)
ANEN 19.36%^{[citation needed]}

Accidents and incidents

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

References

1 2 3 "ANONYMI NAFTILIAKI ETAIREIA KRITIS AE". Retrieved 3 December 2023.
↑ "Metropolitan Irineos Galanakis". Chania: Eleftherios Venizelos Foundation. 2022. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
1 2 "ΟΛΟΚΛΗΡΩΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΥΓΧΩΝΕΥΣΗΣ ΜΕ ΑΠΟΡΡΟΦΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ "ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΝΑΥΤΙΛΙΑΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ Α.Ε." ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ "ATTICA A.E. ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΩΝ"" (PDF) (in Greek). Retrieved 4 December 2023.
↑ "ΑΡΧΕΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΙΚΗΣ ΔΙΑΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗΣ". ANEK Lines (in Greek). Retrieved 11 December 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "2021 Annual Financial Report" (PDF). anek.gr. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
↑ "ANEK Group". ANEK Lines. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
↑ "2017 Annual Financial Report" (PDF). anek.gr. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
↑ "Anek Lines S.A. (ANEK) | Complete Financial Reports 2024". financialreports.eu. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
↑ "Attica and Anek shareholders approve merger". Lloyd's List. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
↑ "M/S SUN FLOWER TSUKUBA (1998)". www.faktaomfartyg.se. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
↑ "M/S EL. VENIZELOS (1992)". www.faktaomfartyg.se. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
↑ "8916607". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
↑ "M/F Klydon". The Ferry Site. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
↑ "ANEK Lines Online Booking". ANEK-superfast.gr. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "ANEK Lines - Official Web Site". Anek.gr. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
↑ ANEK Lines, 2005 Annual Report, page 19
↑ "NEL LINES | Ναυτιλιακή Εταιρεία Λέσβου". Nel.gr. 28 August 1995. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
↑ DANE Sea Lines Archived 27 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Μεγάλη κλίση στο "Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος" ενώ οι φλόγες καίνε ακόμα στο γκαράζ (pics & vid)" (in Greek). Retrieved 2 September 2018.

External links

[gemh-1] 1 2 3 "ANONYMI NAFTILIAKI ETAIREIA KRITIS AE". Retrieved 3 December 2023.

[2] "Metropolitan Irineos Galanakis". Chania: Eleftherios Venizelos Foundation. 2022. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2025.

[merger-3] 1 2 "ΟΛΟΚΛΗΡΩΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΥΓΧΩΝΕΥΣΗΣ ΜΕ ΑΠΟΡΡΟΦΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ "ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΝΑΥΤΙΛΙΑΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ Α.Ε." ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ "ATTICA A.E. ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΩΝ"" (PDF) (in Greek). Retrieved 4 December 2023.

[board-4] "ΑΡΧΕΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΙΚΗΣ ΔΙΑΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗΣ". ANEK Lines (in Greek). Retrieved 11 December 2023.

[frep21-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2021 Annual Financial Report" (PDF). anek.gr. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

[ANEK-Group-6] "ANEK Group". ANEK Lines. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

[7] "2017 Annual Financial Report" (PDF). anek.gr. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

[8] "Anek Lines S.A. (ANEK) | Complete Financial Reports 2024". financialreports.eu. Retrieved 6 May 2025.

[9] "Attica and Anek shareholders approve merger". Lloyd's List. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2026.

[10] "M/S SUN FLOWER TSUKUBA (1998)". www.faktaomfartyg.se. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[11] "M/S EL. VENIZELOS (1992)". www.faktaomfartyg.se. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[12] "8916607". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 5 March 2025.

[13] "M/F Klydon". The Ferry Site. Retrieved 5 March 2025.

[14] "ANEK Lines Online Booking". ANEK-superfast.gr. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

[name-15] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "ANEK Lines - Official Web Site". Anek.gr. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

[ANEK_Lines_page_19-16] ANEK Lines, 2005 Annual Report, page 19

[nel.gr-17] "NEL LINES | Ναυτιλιακή Εταιρεία Λέσβου". Nel.gr. 28 August 1995. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

[18] DANE Sea Lines Archived 27 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[19] "Μεγάλη κλίση στο "Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος" ενώ οι φλόγες καίνε ακόμα στο γκαράζ (pics & vid)" (in Greek). Retrieved 2 September 2018.