NISSOS KALYMNOS (ΝΗΣΟΣ ΚΑΛΥΜΝΟΣ)
-ANEK Sea Lines
Built in 1988 (age 37). Registered in Kalymnos. Current line: Kalymnos-Kos-Astypalaia
The veteran conventional ferry NISSOS KALYMNOS was ordered in 1987 by the then-newly-established Greek company ANEK Sea Lines which is based in Kalymnos. The latter was founded in order to have a ship that would enable the connection of Kalymnos with the other islands of the Dodecanese on a daily basis. She was completed in 1988 in Greece and she was deployed on the inter-Dodecanese lifeline linking the Dodecanese Islands with the Northeast Aegean Sea, namely on the Samos-Agathonisi-Farmakonisi-Arkioi-Patmos-Leipsoi-Leros-Kalymnos-Astypalaia-Kos-Nisyros-Tilos-Symi-Rhodes-Castellorizon line. Her entry to service was deemed successful and she was widely praised for ensuring that all the islands would remain connected on a yearly basis. In 2003 her service was reduced to the lifeline connecting Samos with the Northern Dodecanese, hence she was deployed on the Samos-Agathonisi-Farmakonisi-Arkioi-Patmos-Leipsoi-Leros-Kalymnos-Astypalaia line. She was refitted with new engines in 2009, while undergoing a conversion in Keratsini. In late 2022 she ran aground in the island of Telendos next to Kalymnos and she was significantly damaged. She was repaired in Piraeus, but her company lost the operating license for the lifeline on which she was operating to Dodekanisos Seaways. She instead spent the 2023 season solely on the Kalymnos-Kos-Astypalaia line. In 2024 ANEK Sea Lines reacquired the operating license for the inter-Dodecanese lifeline, and the ship returned to the Samos-Agathonisi-Farmakonisi-Arkioi-Patmos-Leipsoi-Leros-Kalymnos-Kos-Astypalaia line.
PHOTOS (2022, 2023):
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen as she arrives in Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen as she arrives in Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen as she arrives in Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen as she heads towards the port of Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen as she heads towards the port of Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen arriving in the port of Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen arriving in the port of Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen arriving in the port of Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS about to begin her maneuvering procedure in Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS about to begin her maneuvering procedure in Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS about to begin her maneuvering procedure in Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS undergoing her maneuvering procedure in the port of Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS undergoing her maneuvering procedure in the port of Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS undergoing her maneuvering procedure in the port of Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS about to complete her maneuvering procedure in Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS about to complete her maneuvering procedure in Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS about to dock in Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS about to dock in Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS having just docked in the port of Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS having just docked in the port of Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS having just docked in the port of Patmos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen arriving in Leros during the late evening (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen undergoing her maneuvering procedure in Leros during the late evening (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen having just docked in the port of Kalymnos at night (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen docked in the port of Kalymnos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen docked in the port of Kalymnos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen docked in the port of Kalymnos (8/2022).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen docked in Piraeus, after having finished her repairs following her grounding accident in Telendos, and awaiting to have her documents cleared in order to sail back to Kalymnos and to begin service once again (2/2023).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen docked in Piraeus, after having finished her repairs following her grounding accident in Telendos, and awaiting to have her documents cleared in order to sail back to Kalymnos and to begin service once again (2/2023).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen docked in Piraeus, after having finished her repairs following her grounding accident in Telendos, and awaiting to have her documents cleared in order to sail back to Kalymnos and to begin service once again (2/2023).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen docked in Piraeus, after having finished her repairs following her grounding accident in Telendos, and awaiting to have her final documents cleared (2/2023).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen docked in Piraeus, after having finished her repairs following her grounding accident in Telendos, and awaiting to have her final documents cleared (2/2023).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen docked in Piraeus, after having finished her repairs following her grounding accident in Telendos, and awaiting to have her final documents cleared (2/2023).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen in Piraeus, where she stayed for a few days as part of the final stage of her annual winter refit (2/2023).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen in Piraeus, where she stayed for a few days as part of the final stage of her annual winter refit (2/2023).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen in Piraeus, where she stayed for a few days as part of the final stage of her annual winter refit (2/2023).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen docked in the port of Piraeus, while awaiting for her documents to be cleared in order for her to resume service on the Dodecanese (2/2023).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS docked in Piraeus, having repaired and being ready to return to service on the Dodecanese, even though ANEK Sea Lines lost the subsidy contract for the lifeline on which the ship was operating (3/2023).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS docked in Piraeus, having repaired and being ready to return to service on the Dodecanese, even though ANEK Sea Lines lost the subsidy contract for the lifeline on which the ship was operating (3/2023).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS docked in Piraeus, having repaired and being ready to return to service on the Dodecanese, even though ANEK Sea Lines lost the subsidy contract for the lifeline on which the ship was operating (3/2023).
The NISSOS KALYMNOS seen in Piraeus, a few days before she eventually returned to Kalymnos in order to return to service on the Dodecanese (3/2023).