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Jean Nicoli
MS ''Jean Nicoli'' is a French RO/PAX ferry, now owned and operated by Corsica Linea. The ship built in 1998 at Fosen Mek Verksteder A/S, Norway for Minoan Lines. Her first name was ''Pasiphae'' and then renamed ''Pasiphae Palace''. She has a sister ship ''Cruise Smeralda'', previously named ''Ikarus Palace''. Minoan Lines The ship departed from Rissa, Norway on 13 June 1998 and arrived in Piraeus, Greece on 15 June 1998. The first christening became in Piraeus, Greece and after she departed from Piraeus and arrived in Heraklion, Crete which became the second christening. Her maiden voyage did it on 4 July 1998 on Patras-Igoumenitsa-Corfu-Venice route. During her maiden voyage, ''Pasiphae'' grounded on rocks near Corfu. The ship after the grounding went in Elefsina Shipyards for constructions. The ship entered in service again on 30 July. In 2001 renamed ''Pasiphae Palace'' and did the Patras-Igoumenitsa-Corfu-Venice route with her sister ship ''Ikarus Palace''. The ship also di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minoan Lines
Minoan Lines is one of the largest passenger ferry companies in Europe, and one of the dominant passenger ferry companies in Greece, sailing between Piraeus and Crete and in the Adriatic Sea, between Patras and various Italian ports. The company was founded in May 1972. Since 2008 Grimaldi's Compagnia di Navigazione SpA owns and controls 95.9 of the stock of Minoan Lines. Its logo is derived from '' The Lily Prince'' fresco of Knossos. History 2003 *The cooperation between Minoan and Grimaldi ended, with only the MS ''Oceanus'' deployed on the Italy-Tunisia route. *The MS ''Oceanus'' was renamed ''Ariadne Palace I'' and sold to Corsica Ferries. *MS ''Prometheus'' was sold to Caronte shipping, an Italian shipping company. 2004 *Minoan decided to focus solely on the shipping sector and sold its stake in Aegean Airlines. 2005 *Attica Group acquired 10.23% of the share capital of Minoan, reaching an 11.61% stake in the company. *Minoan sold its 18% stake in Forthnet to Intracom. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
