F/B Candia - Chania

F/B CANDIA

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Ship	Candia (1973) ΚΑΝΤΙΑ	Building spec.	1971 at Sumitomo Mchy UragaYards, Yokosuka, Japan N° U943
Call Sign	SWSJ	IMO Number	7053240
GRT	7.291	DWT	2.613
Dimensions	129,76 x 22 x 5,55	Engines	2 Kawasaki - MAN, 11.197 kW
Speed	20 knots	Passengers	1.450
Beds	548	Cars	350
Lane meters		Sister ships	Jabal Ali 3
Registry port.	Chania	Flag	Greek
Former Owners	Central Ferry Co. 1971-73 Anek Lines 1973-98	Former Names	Central No 2 1971-73
New Owners	Anek Lines (end of charter) 1998-00 Naif Marine Services 2001à	New Names	Jabal Ali 2 2001à
Line

She entered in ANEK fleet in 1973, joining the sister Rethimnon. Mainly employed on Piraeus - Heraklion Line, after the arrival in the Aegean Seas of F/B’s “Lissos” and “Lato”, was employed in various routes: first in the Piraeus - Peloponnese - Crete routes, replacing the Miras Ferries’s F/B Theseus, linking the ports of Piraeus, Neapolis, Gythion and Kalamata in Peloponnese, the islands of Kithira and Antikithira and the port of Kasteli, on Crete Island. Was chartered by DANE for 1999 season on Dodecanese routes (Piraeus - Patmos - Leros - Kalymnos - Kos - Rhodes and Piraeus - Astypalea - Kalymnos - Kos - Rhodes). Surely the DANE livery on this ship is more suitable than Anek Lines one, which is usually on much bigger ships, but the funnel is painted in a more bright yellow. On DANE services, was the only ferry with the European Union flag painted on her sides, a sign which remained there from the previous ANEK livery. In 2000, back to Anek Lines, with the gaining of licence to serve Cyclades, the Piraeus - Ios - Santorini line, she leaved daily except Sunday at 14.00 and once a week also from/to Amorgos - Astypalea. Was sold together with “Rethimnon” in 2001.

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