Blue Star Ferries

Founded	2000
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Area served	Aegean Sea
Services	Passenger transportation Freight transportation
Parent	Attica Holdings
Website	www.bluestarferries.com

Blue Star Ferries is a brand name of Blue Star Maritime S.A. The company operates ferry services from the Greek mainland to the Aegean Islands.

Blue star ferries is the biggest ferry company in Greece serving more than 20 destinations. Their fleet is composed of modern ferries, of which course speeds range from 23 to 30 knots.

History

Blue Star Ferries was founded in 1965 as Strintzis Lines by the Strintzis family from Lixouri, Kefalonia. The company was rebranded as Blue Star Ferries in 2000 following Attica Enterprises' acquisition of a 48% stake in the company.^[1] Blue Star Ferries is a sister company of Superfast Ferries, as both are part of the Attica Group and have had partnership in some routes, such as Rosyth to Zeebrugge and presently Piraeus-Heraklion.

In 2006 Blue Star Maritime S.A. purchased the Dodecanese ferry company DANE Sea Lines.

Blue Star Ferries built two ferry-type ships at Daewoo Shipyards in Korea. The first ferry, named Blue Star Delos, was delivered in first 10 days of October 2011 and the second, Blue Star Patmos in July 2012. Blue Star Delos is currently on the route: Piraeus-Paros-Naxos-Ios-Thira and Blue Star Patmos on the route: Piraeus-Chios-Mytilini(Lesvos).^[2]

Fleet

Blue Star Ferries currently operates a fleet of 9 vessels.^[3]

Ship	Flag	Built	Entered service	Gross tonnage	Length	Width	Passengers	Vehicles	Knots	Photos
Blue Star 1		2000	2000	29.415 GT	176,1 m	25,7 m	1,890	780	28
Blue Star 2		2000	2000	29.415 GT	176,1 m	25,7 m	1,854	780	28
Blue Horizon		1987	2000	27.320 GT	187,1 m	27 m	1,488	780	23
Blue Star Paros		2002	2002	10.438 GT	124 m	19 m	1,474	240	24
Blue Star Naxos		2002	2002	10.438 GT	124 m	19 m	1,474	240	24
Diagoras		1990	2006	9.834 GT	141,5 m	23 m	1.462	274	21,1
Blue Star Delos		2011	2011	17.550 GT	145 m	24 m	2,000	430	25,5
Blue Star Patmos		2012	2012	17.550 GT	145 m	24 m	2,000	430	25,5
Blue Galaxy		1992	2015	29.992 GT	192 m	27 m	1,740	780	24

Media

One of Blue Star Ferries' boats took the role of Princess Myrto in the Greek TV Show Θα Σε Δω Στο Πλοίο (literally translated: I'll See You on the Ferry) broadcast by Alpha TV, a Greek channel, in 2000 till 2002. The majority of the filming for this series was on the boat itself except for on-location filming of the characters on holiday or on leave. This is still being broadcast in certain Greek speaking countries like Cyprus.

References

• Παρουσίαση Blue Star Patmos (in Greek)
• Παρουσίαση Blue Star Delos (in Greek)