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Datas, charts and facts about Arkadia Lines

Numeri, classifiche e curiosità della Arkadia Lines

Ferries managed Traghetti utilizzati	7 (Dimitrios Express/Poseidon Express 2; Naxos; Paros; Poseidon Express; Paloma; Samaina; Silver Paloma/ Megistanas)
Ports served Porti collegati	20 (CYPRUS: Limassol; GREECE: Corfu; Folegandros; Heraklion; Igoumenitsa; Ikaria; Ios; Karlovassi; Mykonos; Naxos; Paros; Patras; Rhodes; Santorini; Sikinos; Syros; Tinos; Vathi; ISRAEL: Haifa; ITALY: Bari)
Flagships chronology Cronologia ammiraglie	Poseidon Express (1989-96) Poseidon Express 2 (1996-99)

SERVICE YEARS FOR ARKADIA LINES – ANNI DI SERVIZIO PER ARKADIA LINES
1	Dimitrios Express / Poseidon Express 2	10
1	Silver Paloma / Megistanas	10
1	Samaina	10
4	Poseidon Express	8
5	Paros / Ioannis Express	5
6	Paloma	3
6	Naxos	3

SPEED – VELOCITÀ
1	Poseidon Express	23,6 knots/nodi
2	Dimitrios Express / Poseidon Express 2	22 knots/nodi
3	Naxos	21 knots/nodi
4	Samaina	19 knots/nodi
5	Paloma	18 knots/nodi
5	Silver Paloma / Megistanas	18 knots/nodi
7	Paros / Ioannis Express	17 knots/nodi

GRT
1	Silver Paloma / Megistanas	9.940
2	Poseidon Express	7.824
3	Dimitrios Express / Poseidon Express 2	7.819
4	Paloma	7.708
5	Paros / Ioannis Express	3.978
6	Samaina	3.843
7	Naxos	2.761

PASSENGERS CAPACITY – CAPACITÀ PASSEGGERI
1	Dimitrios Express / Poseidon Express 2	1.870
2	Paloma	1.400
2	Silver Paloma	1.400
4	Poseidon Express	1.300
5	Samaina	900
6	Naxos	847
-	Paros / Ioannis Express	??

CARGO LANE METRES – CAPACITÀ DI CARICO IN METRI LINEARI
1	Silver Paloma / Megistanas	525
2	Dimitrios Express / Poseidon Express 2	400
3	Paloma	255
4	Naxos	240
5	Poseidon Express	220
6	Samaina	198
-	Paros / Ioannis Express	??

TRIVIA / CURIOSITÀ

· Arkadia Lines was established in 1990 by the merger of various companies, of which the ship names were maintained: “Paloma” and “Silver Paloma” were distinctive names of Afroessa Lines, “Naxos”, “Paros” and “Samaina” were used by the locally-based companies which were operating these ferries earlier. · Even if Afroessa Lines was a dominant player on Greece – Cyprus – Israel line, Arkadia Lines left this market after only three years, some years before this route would become unpopular due to the Israeli situation. · The Greece – Italy line of the company originally was Patras – Igoumenitsa – Corfu – Bari, serving also the domestic services on this route; from 1993 anyway, being the “Dimitrios Express” the only ferry able to perform domestic routes on Adriatic line, the Greece – Italy line was reduced to Igoumenitsa – Bari until its end, which came in 1996. · The 35-year old age limit for passenger ferries, which was applied in Greece until few years before today, was applied for two times in Arkadia Lines fleet: in 1993 for the “Silver Paloma” and in 1998 for the “Samaina”. The first time it happened, the ferry was operated for another two years on international routes under Greek flag and for the last year under Maltese flag before a five-year lay-up and the scrap, the second time the ferry was directly laid up for two years before the sale to the breakers. In both these cases, the route these ferries were operating was closed with their lay-up. · Both the “Poseidons” of the fleet, as the famous “Poseidon” of the movie, were involved in serious accidents, both at Paros, but if the “Poseidon Express” in 1996 was declared a total constructive loss, ending early her career, the “Poseidon Express 2” in 1999 was salvaged and returned to active service. In both cases there were no victims.

· Arkadia Lines nasce nel 1990 dalla fusione e dall’unione di precedenti compagnie, delle quali ricicla spesso il nome delle navi: “Paloma” e “Silver Paloma” derivano da Afroessa Lines, “Naxos”, “Paros” e “Samaina” derivano invece dalle compagnie locali che le possedevano in precedenza. · Sebbene Afroessa Lines fosse un player dominante sulla linea Grecia – Cipro – Israele, Arkadia Lines dopo soli tre anni discontinua il servizio, ben prima che la tratta diventasse impopolare a causa dei noti problemi in Israele. · Originariamente i servizi Grecia – Italia partivano da Patrasso per Bari via Corfu ed Igoumenitsa, servendo anche i collegamenti interni; nel 1993, dopo che solo la “Dimitrios Express” poteva svolgere tale linea per sopraggiunti limiti di età, il servizio viene ridotto alla Igoumenitsa – Bari, fino a che, nel 1996, viene abbandonato del tutto. · Il limite dei 35 anni di età, in vigore fino a pochi anni fa per le navi in servizio su rotte interne greche, ha colpito in casa Arkadia per ben due volte: nel 1993 con “Silver Paloma” e nel 1998 con “Samaina”. I due casi hanno visto percorrere strade diverse: nel primo la nave ha continuato ad operare per due anni sotto bandiera greca, servendo rotte internazionali ove il limite non era in vigore, e viaggiando per un’ulteriore estate sotto bandiera maltese, venendo poi messa in disarmo per cinque anni prima di venir demolita; nel secondo caso invece, allo scoccare della trentaseiesima primavera è arrivato subito il disarmo, con la demolizione due anni dopo. In entrambi i casi il disarmo della nave ha portato alla chiusura della rotta. · Entrambe le “Poseidon” della flotta, come lo storico transatlantico del film, hanno avuto incidenti seri, entrambe a Paros, con conseguenze fortunatamente diverse: se la “Poseidon Express” nel 1996 concluse anzitempo la propria carriera, nel 1999 la “Poseidon Express 2” fu recuperata e rimandata in servizio. In nessun caso vi sono state vittime.

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