PANAGIOTAKIS
Corfu Fast Ferries, best known as Fast Ferries, was
established by the local shipowner Theologos Panagiotakis in 1999. For some
years we started to see some conventional ferries on Corfu – Igoumenitsa run,
competing with the traditional landing-crafts, and Mr Panagiotakis decided to
introduce on this new market sector a former Japanese ferry converted with very
high standards unknown before on this line; the “Ekaterini P.”, entering
service, was also the far bigger ferry between Corfu and Igoumentsa. The company
is very successful and in 2003 the company add a second ferry on its service,
the “Platitera”, slightly smaller than the previous one; after three years
another ferry joins the fleet as the new flagship: the “Theologos P” arrives in
Greece in May 2006, carrying the name of the shipowner, a big and fast ferry,
which should enter service on Spring 2007 after six months of refit.
Fast Ferries – Company marks on
“Platitera” 05/01/2007
Fast Ferries – Funnel of
“Platitera” 05/01/2007