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ANDREAS KALVOS (ΑΝΔΡΕΑΣ ΚΑΛΒΟΣ)

-Levante Ferries

Built in 1985 (age 39). Registered in Piraeus. Current line: Patras-Kefalonia-Ithaca

The ferry ANDREAS KALVOS was built in 1985 in Japan, initially as a Ro-Ro carrier. She began service as the ESAN MORU No. 5 of the Japanese company Dōnan Jidōsha Ferry, being deployed on the Aomori-Hakodate line on the Tsugaru Strait. She operated there for the first 15 years of her career, until her sale to the Cypriot company Vourakis Shipping in 2000. She was renamed TONIA, and she operated as a Ro-Ro carrier on the Piraeus-Limassol line during the 2001 season. In 2002 she was bought by Zante Ferries, a Greek company based in Zakynthos and at the time a member of the Ionian Ferries joint venture which included Tyrogalas Ferries and ANEZ. She underwent a major conversion in Perama, thus becoming a passenger ferry, and she was renamed ANDREAS KALVOS. She was inserted on the Kyllini-Zakynthos line and on the Kyllini-Kefalonia line on the Ionian Sea in 2003. She also spent some time on the Patras-Kefalonia-Ithaca line from late 2012 to early 2013, after Strintzis Ferries, the company operating there at the time, ceased operations, before returning to her previous usual service. In 2015 she underwent a major conversion once again, this time in Keratsini, whereupon she received sponsons. She was later transferred to the Aegean Sea, as she was deployed on the Piraeus-Kythnos-Serifos-Sifnos-Kimolos-Milos line, joining her fleetmate, namely the ADAMANTIOS KORAIS. She stayed there for two years, until 2017, when she returned to the Ionian Sea (with the DIONISIOS SOLOMOS replacing her on the Western Cyclades) in order to operate again on the Kyllini-Zakynthos line and on the Kyllini-Kefalonia line, this time under the Ionian Group joint venture. In 2019 she was sold to Levante Ferries and she was again deployed on the Patras-Kefalonia-Ithaca line. In 2020 she returned to the Kyllini-Zakynthos line and to the Kyllini-Kefalonia line, which she would be serving during the summer season whereas during the winter season she would be operating on the Patras-Kefalonia-Ithaca line.

 

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