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Ferries was established in 2004 by a pool of Marche district businessmen, leaded by the
local Adriatica di Navigazione shipping agency. The aim of the company,
unusually based in Dublin, Ireland, was to resume the Ancona – Durres
link, which was performed four times a week by the Italian State-owned Adriatica di Navigazione,
which according to them was abandoned due to the low profitability of the
service. This statement was soon contradicted by this newly-established
company, which bought from Adriatica the “Egitto Express”, renamed “Riviera del Conero” and engaged
on the previous Adriatica timetables, and also the
charter of another ferry for the Ancona – Durres
line, the “Sansovino”, from Adriatica
di Navigazione. Adria Ferries continued successfully its operations till
Summer 2005, when some mechanical problems stopped the “Riviera del Conero”;
these problems seemed to be serious, so the company chartered for the Summer
the “Venezia”, another former Adriatica
ferry sold for a song and then redeployed with success on former Adriatica routes, then the company bought a new ferry, the
“Daedalus” fom the Greek
Minoan Lines, a superb classic ferry which was soon deployed on Ancona – Durres line as the “Riviera Adriatica”.
Even if it was thought that repairing the “Riviera del Conero” wasn’t
convenient the ferry was back in service for the 2006 summer, allowing the
charter of “Riviera Adriatica” to Algerie
Ferries. After a regular alternance between the two
ferries on the only service carried by the company, from December 2008 Adria Ferries started also a Bari
– Durres service,
initially announced for all the season but quitted because of the charter of “Riviera
Adriatica” to Algerie
Ferries.
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Adria Ferries –
Company marks on “Riviera Adriatica”, 01/12/2005
Adria Ferries –
Company marks on “Riviera Adriatica”, 13/01/2007
Adria
Ferries – Funnel of
“Riviera Adriatica”, 01/12/2005
Adria
Ferries – Funnel of
“Riviera del Conero”, 02/11/2006
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