Adria
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. Actually the Adria
Ferries timetables are displaying a single-ship service to Durres, usually
operated by the “Riviera Adriatica”, replaced on Summer by the smaller “Riviera del Conero”.
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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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