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NISSOS RODOS (ΝΗΣΟΣ ΡΟΔΟΣ)

-Hellenic Seaways

Built in 1987 (age 38). Registered in Piraeus. Current line: Piraeus-Heraklion

The cruiseferry NISSOS RODOS was built in 1987 in Japan, as the KISO for the Japanese company Taiheiyō Ferry. She was deployed on the Nagoya-Sendai-Tomakomai line until 2005, when she was bought by the Greek company Hellenic Seaways (previously known as Hellas Flying Dolphins) for service on the Adriatic Sea as a Ro-Ro carrier. She was renamed OCEAN TRAILER and she began service on the Corinth-Venice line under the Hellenic Seaways Cargo division, but she was then chartered to the Italian company Grimaldi Lines for two years for service on the Genoa-Barcelona line. She returned to Hellenic Seaways in 2007 and she was renamed HELLENIC VOYAGER. She resumed service on the Corinth-Venice line under the Hellenic Seaways Cargo division. In 2009 she underwent a major conversion in Perama, upgrading her passenger areas and her capacity, as she was planned to be deployed on the Aegean Sea as a conventional ferry. This happened in 2010, when the ship started service on the Piraeus-Paros-Kos-Rhodes line on the Dodecanese, after having been renamed NISSOS RODOS. She collided with a pier in Rhodes in late 2010, and after an unsuccessful campaign, she was taken out of service in 2011 and she was laid-up in Perama. In late 2012 was chartered to the Emirati company SAMC for service between Turkey and Egypt, serving on the İskenderun-Port Saïd line on the Levantine Sea. She returned to Hellenic Seaways in 2013, and she was once again deployed on the Corinth-Venice line under the Hellenic Seaways Cargo division. In 2014 she started to make calls in Igoumenitsa, thus operating on the Corinth-Igoumenitsa-Venice line. In 2015 she was once again deployed on the Aegean Sea, in order to cover her company's summer obligations on the Northeast Aegean Sea following their takeover of the lifelines previously served by NEL Lines. She was deployed on the Piraeus-Syros-Mykonos-Patmos-Ikaria-Samos-Chios-Mytilene-Limnos-Kavala line. In 2016 she was on the Piraeus-Paros-Naxos-Patmos-Ikaria-Samos-Chios-Mytilene-Limnos-Kavala line, while in 2017 she operated on the Piraeus-Paros-Naxos-Patmos-Ikaria-Fournoi-Samos-Chios-Mytilene-Limnos-Kavala line. In 2018, following the takeover of Hellenic Seaways by Attica Group, she was deployed exclusively on the Piraeus-Chios-Mytilene line.

 

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