MACEDON (ΜΑΚΕΔΩΝ)
-Goutos Lines
Built in 1972 (age 53). Registered in Piraeus. Current line: Lavrion-Kea-Kythnos
A historic Greek ferry that has now spent 49 years on the Aegean Sea under 6 different owners, the legendary MACEDON was built in 1972 in Japan, as the FERRY NANKAI 1 for the Japanese company Nankai Chuo Ferry. She spent her first four years serving the Senboku-Shizuki line on the Akashi Strait. She was acquired in 1976 by the Greek company Epirus Line and she was renamed EPIRUS II, and she was intended to operate on the Adriatic Sea. She underwent her conversion in Perama, and in early 1977 she began operations on the Igoumenitsa-Corfu-Bari line on the Adriatic Sea, but after just a few months she was transferred to Polemis Epirus Line, and she was renamed CHRYSSI AMMOS I. She was instead deployed on the Rafina-Andros-Tinos-Mykonos line on the Cyclades and on the Rafina-Marmari line on the Petalioi Gulf. Following the sinking of her fleetmate, namely the CHRYSSI AVGI, in 1983, her company ceased operations and the ship was laid-up in Rafina. However she was bought by Peace Line in 1984, and she was renamed ANAX. Despite undergoing the first stages of a conversion in Perama, she never operated for Peace Line, and she was subsequently sold to Goutos Lines in 1985. She was renamed KYTHNOS, and she operated from 1985 to 1988 on the Rafina-Andros-Syros-Tinos line and on the Rafina-Kymi-Skyros-Agios Efstratios-Limnos-Kavala line, before transferring to the Rafina-Kea-Skyros-Agios Efstratios-Limnos-Kavala line in 1989. In 1992 she was sold to Nomicos Lines, being renamed MACEDON, and she was deployed on the Agios Konstantinos-Volos-Skiathos-Skopelos-Alonissos line on the Sporades. She underwent a conversion in Perama in 1994, during which her bow was remodeled. Her company was transferred to Minoan Flying Dolphins in 1999, and the MACEDON operated under the Hellas Ferries division in 2000, before switching to the Sporades Ferries division in 2001. In 2002 she was once again bought by Goutos Lines, and she was deployed on the Lavrion-Kea-Kythnos line, where she has been remaining ever since.
PHOTOS (2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023):
The legendary MACEDON exiting the port of Lavrion (7/2015).
The legendary MACEDON exiting the port of Lavrion (7/2015).
The MACEDON leaving Lavrion, in her fortieth season in the Greek coastal service (7/2015).
The MACEDON leaving Lavrion, en route to Kea (7/2015).
The MACEDON leaving Lavrion, en route to Kea (7/2015).
The MACEDON seen heading from Kea to Lavrion (6/2018).
The MACEDON seen heading from Kea to Lavrion (6/2018).
The MACEDON seen heading from Kea to Lavrion (6/2018).
The MACEDON en route towards Lavrion (6/2018).
The MACEDON en route towards Lavrion (6/2018).
The MACEDON en route towards Lavrion (6/2018).
The MACEDON docked in the port of Lavrion. Picture taken by my mother, to whom I am extremely grateful (8/2020).
The MACEDON seen docked in Lavrion (9/2021).
The MACEDON seen departing the port of Lavrion (9/2021).
The MACEDON seen departing the port of Lavrion (9/2021).
The MACEDON seen departing the port of Lavrion (9/2021).
The MACEDON seen leaving the port of Lavrion (9/2021).
The MACEDON seen leaving the port of Lavrion (9/2021).
The MACEDON seen leaving the port of Lavrion (9/2021).
The MACEDON seen arriving in the port of Lavrion (9/2022).
The MACEDON seen arriving in the port of Lavrion (9/2022).
The MACEDON seen docked in Lavrion (12/2022).
The MACEDON seen docked in Lavrion (12/2022).
The MACEDON seen docked in Lavrion (12/2022).
The MACEDON seen in the port of Lavrion (4/2023).
The MACEDON seen in the port of Lavrion (4/2023).
The MACEDON seen in the port of Lavrion (4/2023).
The MACEDON seen in Lavrion during the evening (4/2023).
The MACEDON seen in Lavrion during the evening (4/2023).
The MACEDON seen in Lavrion during the evening (4/2023).
The MACEDON seen resting in the port of Lavrion (4/2023).