ENDEAVOR LINES - Piraeus

Endeavor Lines is a company which belongs to Cephalonian shipowner Dimitrios Gianetatos. The company was cooperating mainly with Agoudimos Lines of Dimitrios Agoudimos until the 2003 Autumn, when Mr Gianetatos buys the “Maria G.” from Med Link Lines renaming her as “Elli T.”. Anyway the company didn’t find a route for the ferry, as long as they immediately chartered the “Elli T.” to Maritime Way. Strong rumours about the company were heard again at the end of 2004, when Endeavor Lines announced the purchase of the ferry “New Akashia” from Shin Nihonkai Ferry. The Japanese superferry was deployed on Bari – Igoumenitsa – Patras line on August 2005, bearing the unseen Endeavor Lines livery as their “Ionian Queen”, anyway the ferry was used on Agoudimos Lines’ services and was also marketed and sold by Agoudimos; the first Endeavor Lines passenger service was then inaugurated on 2006 Spring with the “Elli T.” on Brindisi – Corfu – Igoumenitsa – Cephalonia – Patras line. The service is successful, so the company decided to buy also the competitor vessel “Erotokritos” from Maritime Way, which was also deployed on Brindisi line under the name “Erotokritos T.” offering daily departures from each port. In a recent interview to the friends of “Efoplistis” magazine, Dimitrios Gianetatos told that surely the younger sisters of “Ionian Queen” would surely arrive in Greece, as long as they are superb vessels: we believe his point of view and we’re waiting soon his moves…