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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. 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. Since 2010, aiming to offer a daily sailing on Bari – Durres line to
its customers, Adria Ferries signed code-share
agreements with Tirrenia and, after their retirement
from Albania line, with Adriatica Traghetti.
In June 2011 Adria Ferries bought from Tirrenia the “Domiziana”, which
was operated under her original name for Summer season, being later renamed as “AF
Francesca”.
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Adria Ferries –
Particular of ship name on “Riviera Adriatica”,
01/12/05
Adria Ferries –
Particular of ship name on “Riviera Adriatica”,
01/12/05
Adria Ferries –
Particular of ship name on “Riviera del Conero”,
23/06/07
Adria Ferries –
Particular of ship name on “Riviera del Conero”,
23/06/07
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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