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Typaldos Lines
Typaldos Lines, formally known as the Aegean Steam Navigation Company, was a privately held Greek shipping company based in the port of Piraeus, Greece. In 1956 the company had registered its headquarters in London, UK. after operating earlier as ''Typaldos Brothers Steamship Co. Ltd.'' The company purchased retired ships and refitted the vessels for passenger cruises and ferry services in the Mediterranean and Greek islands. In 1966 the ferry ''SS Heraklion'' sank in the Aegean Sea and over 200 passengers and crew members perished. In 1968 the Greek government investigation of the ''Heraklion'' incident found the ship's owners guilty of manslaughter, negligence, and document falsification. Furthermore, twelve of the company's fifteen ships had failed inspection. Haralambos Typaldos (company owner) and Panayiotis Kokkinos (general manager) were sentenced to jail. The company was dissolved that year when their ships were taken over or sold. Lawsuit The Typaldos Lines name endures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piraeus Harbour
Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a Port#Ancient Greece, port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica (region), Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf. The municipality of Piraeus and four other suburban municipalities form the Piraeus (regional unit), regional unit of Piraeus, sometimes called the Greater Piraeus area, with a total population of 448,997. At the 2011 census, Piraeus had a population of 163,688 people, making it the fifth largest municipality in Greece2011 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS, HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY, http://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/1215267/A1602_SAM01_DT_DC_00_2011_03_F_EN.pdf/cb10bb9f-6413-4129-b847-f1def334e05e and the second largest (after the municipality of Athens) within the Athens urban area. Piraeus has a long recorded history, dating back to ancient Greece. The city was founded in the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Paula (1932)
SS ''Santa Paula'' (later SS ''Acropolis'') was a passenger and cargo ocean liner built for the Grace Line. She was the second of four sister ships (the others being , '' Santa Lucia'' and ) ordered in 1930 from the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Kearny, NJ. Her regular service route included inter-coastal service between the east coast and the west coast of the US via the Caribbean and the Panama Canal. She later sailed on cruises from New York to the Caribbean and South America. She was the second of three vessels to bear the name ''Santa Paula'' for Grace Line service. (The first Grace Line ''Santa Paula'' was a 1916-built ship that was sold in 1925 and sunk in 1943.) Design and construction Designed by Gibbs & Cox, ''Santa Paula'' and her sisters featured their signature winged funnel. The ships were exceptionally powerful and could achieve with only three boilers in use. The main engines were twin steam turbines, double reduction geared to twin screws. The scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport Companies Disestablished In 1968
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
