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Blue Star Ferries Shines At Lloyd’s List Award

Blue Star Ferries was honored for the second consecutive year with the "Passenger Line of the Year" award at Lloyd's List Greek Shipping Awards 2012 held recently in Athens.
Posted On 16 Dec 2012
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Blue Star Ferries Receives Corporate Affairs Award

Blue Star Ferries, member of Attica Group, and MSPS Corporate Affairs were recently honored with the Corporate Affairs Excellence Award during an event held by the Hellenic Management Association (EEDE).
Posted On 21 Nov 2012
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“We would have had to change the overall tourism strategy of the country even if we were not in a crisis,” Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis (center) said at a press conference during Philoxenia. Mr. Nikitiadis referred to the ministry’s new strategy for Greek tourism and emphasized in particular on the development of alternative forms of tourism. He is pictured with President and CEO of Helexpo Paris Mavridis and President of the Greek National Tourism Organization Nicolas Kanellopoulos.
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VAT Reduction Keynote At Philoxenia 2010

The 26th Philoxenia International Tourism Exhibition, held this year on 18-21 November at Helexpo in Thessaloniki, roughly hosted 500 exhibitors from Greece and 12 other countries (Egypt, Albania, Brazil, Bulgaria, Ghana, India, Cyprus, Russia, Serbia, Syria, Turkey, and Tunisia).
Posted On 01 Dec 2010
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Superfast XII to Set Sail to Heraklio

Attica group recently applied to the Ministry of Mercantile Marine, the Aegean and Island Policy in order for the Superfast XII to serve the Piraeus-Heraklio route. Minoan Lines and ANEK currently operate the Piraeus-Heraklio route and serve some 1.4 million passengers (2007),...
Posted On 01 Feb 2009
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Superfast I Delivered to Patras Port.
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Superfast I Delivered to Patras Port

Attica Group recently announced the delivery of new-built Ro-Pax vessel Superfast I to Patras Port from Grimaldi Holding S.p.A, of Genoa, Italy.
Posted On 01 Nov 2008
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Superfast Ferries' Roula Malagoniari and Maria Filopoulou, Patra port agency; Iraklis Simitsidellis, commercial director; Ioannis Skoutas, technical director of the maritime sector; Nikos Spahis, passenger services manager; Dimitris Beliyiannis, Ancona port agency; Spyros Paschalis, managing director; George Panayiotides, sales executive for Greece; Tasos Chrysnathopoulos, Patra port agency; Avgoustinos Pitoulis, Igoumenitsa port agency; Liza Michalakakou, capacity manager; Lena Arvaniti, cargo reservations executive; Nikos Kalassarinis, crew director; Christine Pitouli, Igoumenitsa port agency; Nancy Galari, client service executive; Dina Sotiriou, Igoumenitsa port agency; George Tzanos, information technology manager; Victor Karavias, captain; Nikos Triandafillides, client service director; Dimitris Hadjiioannides, hotel operations assistant manager; Roula Spyridakou, marketing assistant; Renato Morandi, Ancona port agency; Maria Kyriacopoulou, Voula Vlagou and Kostas Panayiotakopoulos, Blue Star Ferries Patra port agency, in front of the famous trulli in Alberobello.
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Superfast Ferries FAM Trip for Port Agents

Superfast Ferries recently invited several port agents on a three-day familiarization trip to Italy. The group, made up of company executives from several departments and Adriatic coast port agents from Patra, Igoumenitsa, Corfu, Bari and Ancona, boarded Superfast V for Bari.
Posted On 01 Jul 2008
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Lloyd's List Greek Shipping Awards 2007
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Lloyd’s Greek Shipping Awards a Big Success

Lloyd's List Greek Shipping Awards was a big success as it recognized the best in Greek shipping. DryShips boss, George Economou, and Greek ship owner and industry legend, John Carras, all took major prizes. Mr. Carras was named "Personality of the Year for 2007," an award...
Posted On 01 Feb 2008
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MIG Takes Control of Attica Group

Marfin Investment Group recently acquired through its 100 percent subsidiary, MIG shipping, a 49.9 percent stake in the Attica Group— Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Ferries— at the price of 5.50 euros per share. In total, MIG now holds a 51.3 percent stake in Attica. Pericles...
Posted On 01 Nov 2007
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Blue Star Ferries Acquires Three More Ships

Last month, Blue Star Ferries, part of Attica Group, acquired all of Dane Sea Line's assets at a bankruptcy auction held on Rodos island. Dane, placed in bankruptcy at the request of Anek Lines, had assets that included three ferries, Diagoras, Patmos and Rodos, and real estate...
Posted On 01 Aug 2006
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Ferry Ticket Prices Liberalized

Legislation to liberalize ferry ticket prices for third class fares and vehicles was signed by the Ministry of Merchant Marine, and includes ferries departing from the ports of Pireaus, Rafina, Lavrio, Kimi, to and from Elefsina, and from Patra to Kerkyra.
Posted On 01 Jun 2006
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Sale of Three Superfast Vessels Concluded

Superfast owners Attica Holdings last month announced it concluded the sale and delivery of Superfast VII, Superfast VIII and Superfast IX to the AS Tallink Grupp in exchange for some 310 million euros in cash.
Posted On 01 May 2006
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Superfast Ferries Remains Greece-Italy Leader

For the eighth consecutive year, Superfast Ferries held the leading position for the transportation of passengers and freight units on the Greece-Italy route in the Adriatic Sea. Last year, the company's market share for passengers was 24.2%, for freight units 21.7% and for...
Posted On 01 Apr 2006
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Superfast Group Continues to Increase Revenue

Attica Holdings, the holding company for Superfast Ferries, announced last month that its financial results for the nine months to 30th September, 2005, show turnover of 306.5 million euros and earnings before interest and depreciation 89.7 million euros, both up slightly...
Posted On 01 Dec 2005
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Blue Star Ferries Back in the Black
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Blue Star Ferries Back in the Black

Blue Star Maritime S.A. last month announced that first half results for 2005 show a marked improvement over the same period last year. The Greek ferry line said that earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation increased by 19% and stand at €11.1 million, while net profit...
Posted On 01 Oct 2005
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Superfast Ferries scoops
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Superfast Ferries Scoops “Best Ferry Company” Award

The Attica Group's Superfast Ferries company, which runs Scotland's only direct route to the European mainland from Rosyth to Zeebrugge, was selected 'Best Ferry Company' in the 19th Guardian, Observer and Guardian Unlimited Travel Awards 2005.
Posted On 01 Oct 2005
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Pericles Panagopoulos, chairman of Attica Group.
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Attica Group Chairman Calls for Liberalized Coastal Shipping

If Greece wants to see further investment within its coastal shipping sector, it must stop this continual postponement of liberalizing coastal shipping, says Pericles Panagopoulos, chairman of the Attica Group (Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Ferries).
Posted On 01 Jun 2005
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Attica Voted Best Passenger Line Of The Year In Lloyd’s List Shipping Awards

Attica Group, parent company of Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Ferries, was voted “Best Passenger Line of the Year”in Lloyd's List Greek Shipping Awards.
Posted On 01 Jan 2005
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Superfast I will be delivered to her new owners at the end of this month.
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Superfast Ferry Sold to Italian Group

Attica Enterprises announced last month that Atlantic Navigazione of Grimaldi Group, Napoli, has entered into an agreement with its wholly owned subsidiary Superfast Ferries to acquire the fast ferry Superfast I.
Posted On 01 Feb 2004
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Twelve Superfast Ferry Launched

Superfast XII slid gracefully down the slipway of the yard into the waters of the Baltic Sea last month. Attica Enterprises, the holding company for Superfast Ferries, said its newest super-fast vessel is due for delivery from the Flender Werft shipyards in Lubeck, Germany, in...
Posted On 01 Jan 2002
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Superfast And Strintzis Increase Sales And Market Share

Although both Superfast Ferries and partner Strintzis Lines (Blue Star Ferries) increased sales and market share during the first half of this year, profits for both are down. When Attica Enterprises, owners of Superfast Ferries, last month announced its first-half financial...
Posted On 01 Oct 2001
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