ANDREAS KALVOS (ΑΝΔΡΕΑΣ ΚΑΛΒΟΣ)
-Levante Ferries
Built in 1985 (age 39). Registered in Piraeus. Current line: Patras-Kefalonia-Ithaca
The ferry ANDREAS KALVOS was built in 1985 in Japan as a Ro-Ro carrier. She started her career as the ESAN MORU No. 5 of the Japanese company Dōnan Jidōsha Ferry, being deployed on the Aomori-Hakodate line on the Tsugaru Strait. She operated there for the first 15 years of her career, until her sale to the Cypriot company Vourakis Shipping in 2000. She was renamed TONIA, and she operated as a Ro-Ro carrier on the Piraeus-Limassol line during the 2001 season. In 2002 she was bought by Zante Ferries, a Greek company based in Zakynthos and at the time a member of the Ionian Ferries joint venture which included Tyrogalas Ferries and ANEZ. She underwent a major conversion in Perama, thus becoming a passenger ferry, and she was renamed ANDREAS KALVOS. She finally started service on the Kyllini-Zakynthos line and on the Kyllini-Kefalonia line on the Ionian Sea in 2003. She also spent some time on the Patras-Kefalonia-Ithaca line from late 2012 to early 2013, after Strintzis Ferries, the company operating there, ceased operations, before returning to her previous usual service. In 2015 she underwent a major conversion once again, in Keratsini, whereupon she received sponsons. She was later transferred to the Aegean Sea, as she was deployed on the Piraeus-Kythnos-Serifos-Sifnos-Kimolos-Milos line, joining her fleetmate, the ADAMANTIOS KORAIS. She stayed there for two years, until 2017, when she returned to the Ionian Sea (with the DIONISIOS SOLOMOS replacing her on the Western Cyclades) to operate again on the Kyllini-Zakynthos line and on the Kyllini-Kefalonia line, this time under the Ionian Group joint venture. In 2019 she was sold to Levante Ferries and was again deployed on the Patras-Kefalonia-Ithaca line. In 2020 she returned to the Kyllini-Zakynthos line and to the Kyllini-Kefalonia line, which she would be serving during the summer season whereas during the winter season she would be operating on the Patras-Kefalonia-Ithaca line.
PHOTOS (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022):
The ANDREAS KALVOS in Kyllini, before departing for Kefalonia (7/2013).
The ANDREAS KALVOS in Zakynthos (7/2014).
The ANDREAS KALVOS in Zakynthos (7/2014).
The ANDREAS KALVOS in Zakynthos (7/2014).
The ANDREAS KALVOS in Piraeus, just a few days after she made her first trip to the Western Cyclades (6/2015).
The ANDREAS KALVOS in Piraeus, just a few days after she made her first trip to the Western Cyclades (6/2015).
The ANDREAS KALVOS in Piraeus (6/2015).
The ANDREAS KALVOS resting in the port of Piraeus (7/2015).
The ANDREAS KALVOS resting in Piraeus (7/2015).
The ANDREAS KALVOS in Piraeus (7/2015).
The bow of the ANDREAS KALVOS in Piraeus (7/2015).
The ANDREAS KALVOS in Piraeus (8/2015).
The ANDREAS KALVOS in Piraeus. Her conversion made her stern wider, and also saw her acquiring the new Zante Ferries livery (8/2015).
The ANDREAS KALVOS resting in Piraeus, during her first summer on the Cyclades and the Aegean Sea (8/2015).
The ANDREAS KALVOS resting in the port of Piraeus (7/2016).
The ANDREAS KALVOS resting in the port of Piraeus (7/2016).
The ANDREAS KALVOS resting in the port of Piraeus (7/2016).
The ANDREAS KALVOS in Piraeus, during her second consecutive year operating on the Aegean Sea and on the Western Cyclades (7/2016).
The ANDREAS KALVOS in Piraeus, during her second consecutive year operating on the Aegean Sea and on the Western Cyclades (7/2016).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen on the Ionian Sea, heading from Zakynthos to Kyllini (7/2017).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS on the Ionian Sea, during her first season in the area since 2014 (7/2017).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS on the Ionian Sea (7/2017).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS on the Ionian Sea (7/2017).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS on the Ionian Sea (7/2017).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS on the Ionian Sea, as she heads towards Kyllini (7/2017).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS on the Ionian Sea, as she heads towards Kyllini (7/2017).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS on the Ionian Sea, as she heads towards Kyllini (7/2017).
The ANDREAS KALVOS on the Ionian Sea, heading from Kyllini to Zakynthos (8/2017).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS on the Ionian Sea, as she heads towards Zakynthos (8/2017).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS on the Ionian Sea, as she heads towards Zakynthos (8/2017).
The ANDREAS KALVOS on the Ionian Sea, following her two-year stint on the Western Cyclades (8/2017).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS on the Ionian Sea, as she heads towards Zakynthos (8/2017).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS as she heads from Zakynthos to Kyllini (8/2018).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS as she heads from Zakynthos to Kyllini (8/2018).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS as she heads from Zakynthos to Kyllini (8/2018).
The ANDREAS KALVOS heading towards Kyllini (8/2018).
The ANDREAS KALVOS heading towards Kyllini (8/2018).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen heading towards Kyllini (8/2018).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen heading towards Kyllini (8/2018).
The ANDREAS KALVOS resting in Zakynthos during the evening (8/2018).
The ANDREAS KALVOS resting in Zakynthos during the evening (8/2018).
The ANDREAS KALVOS en route towards Zakynthos (8/2018).
The ANDREAS KALVOS en route towards Zakynthos (8/2018).
The ANDREAS KALVOS heading towards Zakynthos (8/2018).
The ANDREAS KALVOS heading towards Zakynthos (8/2018).
Crossing the ANDREAS KALVOS on the Ionian Sea, in my first-ever picture of the ship under the livery of Levante Ferries (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen on the Ionian Sea, heading towards Kyllini (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen on the Ionian Sea, heading towards Kyllini (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen on the Ionian Sea, heading towards Kyllini (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS having just entered the port of Zakynthos (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS having just entered the port of Zakynthos (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS having just entered the port of Zakynthos (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS having just docked in Zakynthos (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS having just docked in Zakynthos (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen resting in Zakynthos (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen resting in Zakynthos (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen in Zakynthos, shortly before her departure to Kyllini (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen in Zakynthos, shortly before her departure to Kyllini (8/2021).
The stern of the ANDREAS KALVOS, as she has just arrived in the port of Kyllini (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS having just docked in Kyllini (8/2021).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen in Zakynthos during the evening (7/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen docked in the port of Zakynthos (7/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen docked in the port of Zakynthos (7/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen docked in the port of Zakynthos (7/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS spotted in Zakynthos (7/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS spotted in Zakynthos (7/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS having just arrived in Kyllini (7/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS having just arrived in Kyllini (7/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS having just docked in the port of Kyllini (7/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS having just docked in the port of Kyllini (7/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen in Patras, after having been moved back to the Patras-Kefalonia-Ithaca line upon the completion of the 2022 summer season (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen in Patras (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen in Patras (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen resting in the old port of Patras (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen resting in the old port of Patras (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen resting in the old port of Patras (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS docked in Patras (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS docked in Patras (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS docked in Patras (10/2022).
A view of the ANDREAS KALVOS in the old port of Patras (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen departing the old port of Patras (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen departing the old port of Patras (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS seen departing the old port of Patras (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS heading towards the exit of the old port of Patras in order to head to Kefalonia and Ithaca (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS heading towards the exit of the old port of Patras in order to head to Kefalonia and Ithaca (10/2022).
The ANDREAS KALVOS heading towards the exit of the old port of Patras in order to head to Kefalonia and Ithaca (10/2022).