F/B Espresso Egitto

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Ship	Espresso Egitto (1980)	Building Spec.	Cantieri Navali Luigi Orlando, Leghorn, Italy, 1974 – N° 139
Call Sign	IBSD	IMO Number	7325095
GRT	7.873	DWT	2.283
Dimensions	125,5 x 18,5 x 5,2	Engines	2 Fiat – GMT 14cyl, 10.297 kW
Speed	19 knots; 21 knots max	Passengers	800
Beds	432	Cars	280
Lane Metres	396	Sister Ships	Express Pegasus Grecia Venezia
Registry Port	Venice	Flag	Italian
Former Names/Own.	Espresso Cagliari – Trans Tirreno Express 1974-76 Espresso Cagliari – Adriatica Navigazione* (charter) 1976-80*
New Names/Own.	Egitto Express – Adriatica Navigazione 1991-04 Chartered to Hellenic Mediterranean Lines* Summer 2001 and 2002* Riviera del Conero – Adria Ferries 2004à
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The “Espresso Egitto” enters Adriatica fleet in 1980, after being delivered to Trans Tirreno Express in 1974 as their “Espresso Cagliari”. Anyway this ship served only a few trips for TTE: from June 1974 was chartered to Adriatica, maintaining her original name. The first service performed for the Venice-based company was the only Ancona – Greece ferry service of the company’s history, the Ancona – Corinth – Heraklion, effected till December 1974; at that date the ferry was transferred to Venice – Egypt line, calling at Piraeus and Heraklion enroute to Alexandria. Later the ferry called also at Dubrovnik on summertime. On 1991 the ferry was heavily rebuilt to improbe her passenger services, and when she was redelivered to the owner by INMA shipyard of La Spezia had the name “Egitto Express”, being redeployed on Italy – Egypt service until 1993. Subsequently involved in various services for Adriatica, mainly serving Greece, was chartered to Hellenic Mediterranean Lines for Summer seasons 2001 and 2002; then on winter 2002 for a short period to Tirrenia. Actually she operates for Adria Ferries as the “Riviera del Conero”, having started her last adventure in 2004.

TRANS TIRRENO EXPRESS F/B Espresso Cagliari – Photo from Commis collection #5988

Photo from Pieter Inpijn’s collection

Photo by courtesy of Fleet File Rotterdam

Photo © Emilio Barenghi, Piraeus

Photo © Pavlos Protopapas, Piraeus #3760

Photo © Pavlos Protopapas, Piraeus #3761

ADRIATICA NAVIGAZIONE F/B Egitto Express – Photo from the site www.adriatica.it

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