ZEUS (ΖΕΥΣ)

-Gaspal Maritime Company

Built in 1980 (age 44). Registered in Piraeus. Current line: None (laid-up in Elefsina)

 

The landing craft ZEUS was built in 1980 in Greece, as the NIKOS P for the Greek company Nikos P NE. She was deployed on the Rion-Antirrion line. In 1983 she underwent a conversion in Perama, during which she was lengthened and her accommodation superstructure was remodeled. She was subsequently deployed on the Arkitsa-Aidipsos line on the North Evoian Gulf. In 1998 she was sold to the Italian company Traghetti Delle Isole and she was renamed ZEUS. She began service on the Trapani-Favigana-Levanzo-Marettimo line, thus connecting Sicily with the Aegadian Islands via the Tyrrhenian Sea. In 2017 she was sold to the newly-established Greek company Gaspal Maritime Company, thus making a comeback to Greece after 19 years. She kept her name, and following a conversion in Perama, she was deployed once again on the Rion-Antirrion line. After three seasons, her company ceased operations in 2020, and the ship has since remained laid-up in Elefsina.

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