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Aegean Speed Lines was established in 2005 by the
Greek Eugenides Group and the English Seacontainers. This athypical society
introduces in Greece the
first foreign vessel serving domestic routes, flying a red flag with the Union
Jack on the upper left corner, the jack which flies on every vessel registered
in United Kingdom’s
ports. The “English” engaged on this service is the “Speedrunner 1”, a fantasy-less name for an
Incat catamaran which started from summer 2005 to link Piraeus with Western
Cyclades and Paros. On summer 2006 the call at Paros
was quitted; the company livery anyway changed from white with light blue and
green marks plus an horse profile, to a grey-blue hull, white superstructure
and intense blue funnel. Finally, the 2007 season, views another port of call:
the island of Folegandros
is the fourth one served after Serifos, Sifnos and Milos.
The good results of the company led Aegean Speed Lines to add another ferry to
its services, the “Speedrunner II”, which started serving Paros, Naxos, Ios and
Santorini on 2007 Summer; in the meantime the “Speedrunner 1” was renamed “Speedrunner I”.
In 2008 the “Speedrunner I” was sold; in the meantime anyway the company bought
two former fleet mates of the “Speedrunner II” from Seacontainers, the
“Superseacat Three” and the “Superseacat Four”, which were operating an express
service between Finland and Estonia. The surprising fact anyway is that the
company decided to leave the vessels in Baltic Sea trade, linking Helsinki and Tallinn and being, after Superfast Ferries,
the second Greek company to operate in Baltic Sea and the fourth working out of
Greece after Anek Lines, Minoan Lines and Superfast Ferries. The Helsinki –
Tallinn line anyway lasted only a Summer and in 2009 the two former Seacat
vessels were brought to Greece under the new names “Speedrunner III” and
“Speedrunner IV”, maintaining the link to the central Cyclades, Ios and
Santorini and opening a new link from Piraeus to Syros, Tinos and Mykonos. Some
rumours indicated for 2010 the intention of the company to sell the
“Speedrunner II” replacing her with a conventional vessel, but this didn’t
realized and the fleet remained unchanged in both vessels and services also for
2010. In 2009 the company was awarded by Lloyd’s List as the “Greek Passenger
line of the year”.
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Aegean Speed Lines – Particular of
ship name on “Speedrunner 1”, Piraeus, 05/08/05
Aegean Speed Lines – Particular of
ship name on “Speedrunner I”, Piraeus, 29/08/07
Aegean Speed Lines – Particular of
ship name on “Speedrunner II”, Piraeus, 31/08/07
Aegean Speed Lines – Particular of
ship name on “Speedrunner II”, Piraeus, 31/08/07
Aegean Speed Lines – Original livery
on “Speedrunner 1” 05/08/05
Aegean Speed Lines – 2006 livery on
“Speedrunner 1” 10/11/06
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