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Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Ancona, 16/08/13 #13066

Ship	AF Michela (2012)	Building Spec.	1974 at Luigi Orlando yard, Leghorn, Italy, 1974 – N° 138
Call Sign	ICTF	IMO Number	7325095
GRT	8.975	DWT	2.283
Dimensions	125,5 x 18,5 x 5,2	Engines	2 Fiat-GMT 14c. 10.297 kW
Speed	19 knots, 21 knots max	Passengers	830
Beds	600 in 189 cabins	Cars	221
Lane Metres	370	Sister Ships	Express Pegasus Grecia († 2010) Venezia († 2010)
Registry Port	Naples	Flag	Italy
Former Names/Own.	Espresso Cagliari – Trans Tirreno Express 1974-76 Espresso Egitto – Adriatica Navigazione (charter) 1976-80 Espresso Egitto – Adriatica Navigazione 1980-91 Egitto Express – Adriatica Navigazione 1991-04 Chartered to Hellenic Mediterranean Lines Summer 2001 and 2002 Riviera Del Conero – Adria Ferries 2004-07/2012
New Names/Own.	Lampedusa – Traghetti delle Isole 04/2015à
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First Adria Ferries-owned vessel, was bought in July 2004 from Adriatica. Originally serving Trans Tirreno Express routes ad the “Espresso Cagliari”, was wearing Adriatica colours from 1976 to 2004, being renamed from “Espresso Egitto” to “Egitto Express” after the refit which substantially altered its well-known classic line in 1991. After the purchase by Adria Ferries on 26^th July, 2004 the ferry was renamed “Riviera del Conero”, a name obviously chosen to remind the origins of Adria Ferries owners, a pool of businessmen of Ancona and Marche district; the name of the ferry is the name of Ancona coast; moreover the Italian flag was abandoned to join the Panama one. During her eight-year period as “Riviera del Conero” she had an ordinary career, serving the Ancona – Durres line almost always, except for a period between 2005 and 2006, when she was afflicted by some technical problems. Sometimes serving also the Bari – Durres line after her inauguration in December 2008, was later converted to comply to the Stockholm Agreement and, in 2012, she was reflagged to Italy, being also renamed “AF Michela”. Since then, she continued serving Ancona line, sailing along the new fleet-mate “AF Marina” and serving sometimes also Bari. In 2015, there were strong rumours about a sale of this ferry to Siremar, the former State-owned company, now privatized, which serves the small islands around Sicily, but despite of those rumours, the “AF Michela” was sold in April to Traghetti delle Isole and renamed “Lampedusa”, planning to serve on a daily basis the islands of Lampedusa and Linosa from Porto Empedocle; this anyway happened only after a long period of repairs, which lasted until January 22^nd, 2016. Soon after, was moved to another Traghetti delle Isole link, the line between Trapani and Pantelleria island, a service where the ferry is still running except for a period between November 2017 and April 2019, when she was off-duty due to engine troubles.

Photo Gallery

Commis collection	From Wikimedia Commons

TRANS TIRRENO EXPRESS – Espresso Cagliari (1974-1976)

Venice
Pieter Inpijn collection	Fleet File Rotterdam

ADRIATICA – Espresso Egitto (1976-1991)

	Patras, 30/07/1995
Official Postcard	Michele Lulurgas

ADRIATICA – Egitto Express (1991-2004)

Ancona, 25/10/2004	Ancona, 25/10/2004
Dominik Wagner	Dominik Wagner

ADRIA FERRIES – Riviera del Conero (2004-2005)

Ancona, 23/06/2007	Ancona, 03/04/2010
Michele Lulurgas	Michele Lulurgas

ADRIA FERRIES – Riviera del Conero (2006-2011)

Ancona, 28/06/2011	Ancona, 28/06/2011
Michele Lulurgas	Michele Lulurgas

ADRIA FERRIES – Riviera del Conero (2011-2012)

Durres, 13/08/2012	Durres, 15/08/2012	Ancona, 16/08/2013	Ancona, 16/08/2013	Ancona, 16/08/2013	Ancona, 16/08/2013
Erald Spahiu	Erald Spahiu	Michele Lulurgas	Michele Lulurgas	Michele Lulurgas	Michele Lulurgas
		Ancona, 16/08/2013	Ancona, 16/08/2013
		Michele Lulurgas	Michele Lulurgas

ADRIA FERRIES – AF Michela (2012-2015)

Trapani, 31/12/2015	Trapani, 02/01/2016
Carsten Dettmer	Carsten Dettmer

TRAGHETTI DELLE ISOLE – Lampedusa (2015à)

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