DODEKANISOS EXPRESS (ΔΩΔΕΚΑΝΗΣOΣ ΕΞΠΡΕΣ)

-Dodekanisos Seaways

Built in 2000 (age 24). Registered in Rhodes. Current line: Rhodes-Chalki-Symi-Tilos-Nisyros-Kos-Kalymnos-Leros-Leipsoi-Patmos-Agathonisi

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The high speed ferry DODEKANISOS EXPRESS was built in 2000 in Norway, as the first high speed craft and newbuilding delivered to the newly-established Greek company Dodekanisos Speedways. Based in Rhodes and following a failed attempt in deploying the cruiseferry PANAGIA SKIADENI from Piraeus to the Dodecanese (as the ship was eventually sold to DANE Sea Line and is now known as the DIAGORAS of Blue Star Ferries), the company sought to instead focus its services on the inter-Dodecanese lifeline. The DODEKANISOS EXPRESS was therefore deployed on the Rhodes-Symi-Tilos-Nisyros-Kos-Kalymnos-Leros-Leipsoi-Patmos lifeline, becoming the first-ever high speed craft to serve it. Her service there was widely acclaimed, and she quickly became one of the most appreciated ships of the Dodecanese. In 2001 she operated solely on the Rhodes-Symi-Kos-Kalymnos-Leros-Leipsoi-Patmos lifeline. In 2002 she also began to serve the Rhodes-Castellorizon line during the summer. In 2005 her company was renamed Dodekanisos Seaways, and her sister ship, the DODEKANISOS PRIDE, was delivered. In 2008 she began operating on the Rhodes-Symi-Tilos-Nisyros-Kos-Kalymnos-Leros-Leipsoi-Patmos-Agathonisi lifeline in addition to the Rhodes-Castellorizon line, in which she stopped operations following the summer of 2012.

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