top of page

NISSOS KALYMNOS (ΝΗΣΟΣ ΚΑΛΥΜΝΟΣ)

-ANEK Sea Lines

Built in 1988 (age 36). Registered in Kalymnos. Current line: Samos-Agathonisi-Farmakonisi-Arkioi-Patmos-Leipsoi-Leros-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 theDodecanese 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):

bottom of page