Levante Ferries is a

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company which was established in 2014. Today, a fleet of four ferries serves the transportation needs of the islands Zakynthos,

Cephalonia Kefalonia or Cephalonia ( el, Κεφαλονιά), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia (), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. It i ...

and

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Routes

Currently, Levante Ferries is operating lines in Zante,

and

islands. The company also operated a route between

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

and Izmir in Autumn 2022, but it was eventually stopped due to lack of demand. The operating routes are:

Ionian Sea

* Zante- Killini- Zante (Fior Di Levante) * Poros- Killini- Poros (Kefalonia) * Sami-

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- Sami-

- Sami (Andreas Kalvos) *

Current fleet

Future fleet

Notes

* ''Fior Di Levante'' won the award for the integrity and creativity of the total design, both inside and outside, including the company branding at the 14th Annual Ferry Shipping Conference which was held on 13–15 April 2016. * ''Fior Di Levante'' is the first ship in Greece that receives electricity at night from the shore based installation at the port of Kyllini. * ''Mare Di Levante'' is the second ship of Levante Ferries. Before being bought by Levante Ferries it was called ''Ionian Star'' and it belonged to Tyrogalas ferries operating in the same routes as it does now. * ''Andreas Kalvos'' is the third ship of Levante Ferries. Before being bought by Levante Ferries it belonged to Zante Ferries and was operating with the same name it has now. * ''Kefalonia'' is the fourth ship of Levante Ferries. Before being bought by Levante Ferries it belonged to

Kefalonian Lines Kefalonian Lines was a Greece-based ferry company that got established in 2013 to completely cover the transportation needs of Cephalonia and the neighbouring island, Zakynthos. The company ceased operations in 2018. Former Fleet * Nissos Ke ...

. Kefalonia operated for more than 20 years in the route Patra-Sami-Ithaca which made it really favorable in the people of Kefalonia and Ithaca.

References

External links

*https://www.levanteferries.com/ Ferry companies of Greece Greek companies established in 2014 Transport companies established in 2014 {{Improve categories, date=September 2021