| Founded | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Athens, Greece |
| Area served | Aegean Sea |
| Services | Passenger transportation Freight transportation |
| Parent | Attica Group |
| 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.
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Blue Star Ferries began operations in 1965 as Strintzis Lines. The company was rebranded as Blue Star Ferries in 2000 following Attica Enterprises' acquisition of a 48% stake in the company[1].
In 2006 Blue Star Maritime S.A. purchased the Dodecanese ferry company DANE Sea Lines.
Blue Star Ferries is currently building two new ferry-type ships at Daewoo Shipyards on Korea. The first ferry, named "Blue Star Delos" will be delivered in first 10 days of October 2011 and the second, Blue Star Patmos in Spring 2012. Blue Star Delos will be launched on the Piraeus-Paros-Naxos-Ios-Thira route. [2]
Blue Star Ferries currently (November 2011) operates a fleet of seven ships[3].
| Ship | Built | Entered service |
Route | Tonnage | Flag | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Star 1 | 2000 | 2000 | Piraeus-Patmos-Leros-Kos-Rhodes & Syros-Santorini-Amorgos | 29,415 GRT | Greece | |
| Blue Star 2 | 2000 | 2000 | Piraeus-Patmos-Leros-Kos-Rhodes & Syros-Santorini-Amorgos | 29,415 GRT | Greece | |
| Blue Star Delos | 2011 | 2011 | Piraeus-Paros-Naxos-Ios-Santorini | 17.550 GRT | Greece | |
| Blue Star Paros | 2002 | 2002 | Piraeus-Paros-Naxos-Ios-Santorini | 10,438 GRT | Greece | |
| Blue Star Naxos | 2002 | 2002 | Piraeus-Paros-Naxos-Schinoussa-Irakleia-Koufonissi-Katapola & Donousa-Aegiali-Astypalaia | 10,438 GRT | Greece | |
| Blue Star Ithaki | 2000 | 2000 | Piraeus-Syros-Tinos-Mykonos | 10,193 GRT | Greece | It will replace Superferry II on Rafina-Cyclades route on spring 2012. |
| Blue Horizon | 1987 | 2000 | 27,320 GRT | Greece | Out of service | |
| Diagoras | 1990 | 2006 | Piraeus-Santorini-Astypalaia-Kalymnos-kos-Nisyros-Tilos-Symi-Rhodes-Kastellorizo Piraeus-Patmos-Leipsoi-Leros-Kalymnos-Kos-Symi-Rhodes |
6,939 GRT | Greece |
One of Blue Star Ferries' boat took the role of "Princess" in the Greek TV Show called "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. Most of the filming was all aboard one of the Blue Star Ferries' Boat. 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.