Strintzis Lines - Page 2
 
Blue Star Jets - Blue Ferries
 
 
This is the second page devoted to postcards of the ferries of Strintzis Lines, covering the history of transferred ferries into Blue Ferries from 2000. The earlier history up to 2000 is shown on Strintzis Lines - Page 1. New ships delivered to Blue Star Ferries from 2000 are shown on Strintzis Lines - Page 3. In 2003, a member of the Strintzis family set up a new company Strintzis Ferries with a single ship, Eptanisos (2).
 
The Table below gives links to complete postcard history pages of selected individual ships. Below the table are official postcards of the fleets in alphabetical order.
 
In 2000, Strintzis Lines relaunched itself under three different names. The existing fleet of secondhand ferries became Blue Ferries. The impressive fast new ferries delivered since 2000 form the Blue Star Ferries fleet, and the new fast catamarans are known as Blue Star Jets. This page shows the cards that have been issued of the complete year 2000 fleets in their new colours. Strintzis Lines - Page One shows the ships in the previous Strintzis Lines colours. On 31st August 2000, Attica Enterprises (ie: owners of Superfast Ferries) acquired a controlling 38% interest in Strintzis Lines.
 
 
Ships on This Page:-
Blue Aegean
Blue Bridge
Blue Galaxy
Blue Horizon
Blue Island
Blue Sky
Ionian Sun
Kefalonia
Sea Jet 1
Sea Jet 2
Superferry II
 
Ships on Page 3:-
Blue Star 1
Blue Star 2
Blue Star Paros
Blue Star Ithaki
Blue Star Naxos
 
Associated Pages:-
Strintzis Lines - Page 1 - Fleet history up to 2000.
Strintzis Lines - Page 2 - Fleet history from 2000 - this page!
Strintzis Lines - Page 3 - New ships delivered since 2000.
Blue Star Ferries Official Home Page - Complete fleet and route details on the official website.
Ferry Postcards
Simplon Postcards Home Page
 
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Table of Ship Histories

Name

Other names

 Built
 Ionian Sun  Leinster

1969
 Superferry II  Prince Laurent

1974
 
 
 
 
 
Blue Ferries - International Services
 
 
Blue Aegean
 
 
 
 
 
Blue Bridge
 
Built 1976 as ro-ro ferry Bass Trader for Australian National Line. Rebuilt 1997 as Ionian Bridge for Strintzis Lines. Renamed Blue Bridge in 2000 on transfer to Blue Ferries. In 2004, Blue Bridge passed to ISCOMAR as the Mercedes Del Mar.
 
 
Route: Igoumenitsa (Greece) - Brindisi (Italy). Some sailings call at Corfu.
800 passengers (200 berths) - 650 cars - 21 knots
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blue Galaxy
 
Built 1972 as Japanese ferry Arkas of Taiheiyo-Enkai-Ferry, later Taiheiyo-Ferry (previously a sister to Blue Island, ex-Albireo, although conversion carried out differently). Rebuilt 1989 as Ionian Galaxy for Strintzis Lines. Renamed Blue Galaxy in 2000 on transfer to Blue Ferries. For the 2001 season, Blue Galaxy and Blue Island, were chartered to Marmara Lines as the Cesme 2 and Cesme 1, for services from Cesme (Turkey) to Ancona and Brindisi. In 2002, Marmara Lines bought the DFDS ferry King of Scandinavia and renamed her the Cesme.
 
 
Route: Patras (Greece) - Brindisi (Italy) (Previously Patras - Ancona).
1500 passengers (680 berths) - 600 cars - 21 knots
 
 
Official Marmara Lines postcard of Blue Galaxy as the Cesme 2 in 2001.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blue Horizon
 
Built 1972 as Japanese ferry Valuna, for the Muroran-Hokkaido route of Higashi-Nihon Ferry Co. Rebuilt 1999 as Superferry Hellas for Strintzis Lines. Renamed Blue Horizon in 2000 on transfer to Blue Ferries. She has a sister, the Victory of Grimaldi Lines (Livorno-Palermo service), which retained her original Japanese name on transfer. Similar ship Hermes now serves with ANEK as Sofokles V, whilst Hermes' sister Hercules operates as Leyka Ori.
 
 
Route: Patras - Igoumenitsa (Greece) - Venice (Italy) (Previously Patras - Ancona).
1600 passengers (530 berths) - 900 cars - 24 knots
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blue Island
 
Blue Island 1972 as Japanese ferry Albireo of Taiheiyo-Enkai-Ferry, later Taiheiyo-Ferry (previously a sister to Blue Galaxy, ex-Arkas, although conversion carried out differently). Rebuilt 1990 as Ionian Island for Strintzis Lines. Renamed Blue Island in 2000 on transfer to Blue Ferries. For the 2001 season, Blue Galaxy and Blue Island, were chartered to Marmara Lines as the Cesme 2 and Cesme 1, for services from Cesme (Turkey) to Ancona and Brindisi. In 2002, Marmara Lines bought the DFDS ferry King of Scandinavia and renamed her the Cesme.
 
 
Route: Patras (Greece) - Brindisi (Italy) (Previously Patras - Ancona).
1500 passengers (727 berths) - 600 cars - 21 knots
 
 
Official Marmara Lines postcard of Blue Island as the Cesme 1 in 2001.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blue Sky
 
Built 1972 as Japanese ferry Sapporo Maru of Nihon Enkai, later the Sunflower Sapporo of Blue-Highway-Line. Rebuilt 1999 as Ionian Victory for Strintzis Lines. Renamed Blue Sky in 2000 on transfer to Blue Ferries.
 
 
Route: Patras - Igoumenitsa (Greece) - Venice (Italy).
1100 passengers (350 berths) - 600 cars - 24 knots
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blue Ferries - Domestic Services
 
Ionian Sun
 
Built 1969 as B&I Liverpool-Dublin ferry Leinster. Renamed Ionian Sun by Strintzis Ferries; she has not been renamed since transfer to Blue Ferries.
 
 
Route: Kyllini - Argostoli - Poros (Ionian Islands).
1400 passengers (446 berths) - 260 cars - 21 knots
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kefalonia
 
Built 1975 as the Japanese ferry Venus. Renamed Kefalonia by Strintzis Ferries; she has not been renamed since transfer to Blue Ferries.
 
 
Route: Patras - Sami - Ithaca (Ionian Islands).
1012 passengers (400 berths) - 260 cars - 22 knots
 
 
 
 
 
 
Superferry II
 
Superferry II was built in 1974 by N.V. Boelwerf S.A, Tamise, Belgium, as the RTM Oostende-Dover ferry Prince Laurent. She was sold to Strintzis in 1992, and was initially named Ionian Express. Renamed Superferry II before entry into service in 1993 on Strintzis route Rafina-Andros-Tinos-Myconos-Syros. She has not been renamed since transfer to Blue Ferries in 2000. A complete postcard history of this ship is available on this link.
 
 
Route: Rafina - Andros - Tinos - Mykonos (Cyclades)
2380 passengers (62 berths) - 300 cars - 21 knots
 
 
Tropic Postcards release T271 of Superferry II.
 
 
Tropic Postcards release T339 of Superferry II.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blue Star Jets
 
Sea Jet 1
 
Passengers: 400. Speed: 42mph
Used on Greek domestic services.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sea Jet 2
 
Passengers: 400. Speed: 42mph
Used on Greek domestic services.
 
 
 
 
 
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