HALKYDON SHIPPING – AGEMAR
Halkydon Shipping is part of a
Group owned by three Greek businessmen: Alexandros Kedros, Michalis Trikakis and Menelaos Pappas, a
former Consul of Greece in Trieste,
Italy. The same
persons established in Trieste the “Agemar”, earlier known as “Marittima
Finanziaria”, which was the Adriatica
Navigazione’s Port Agent in Trieste. Since 1950s, anyway, the company
itself owned and operated freighters, mainly bulkers
and tankers, recruiting a lot of sailors and maritime officers from Trieste, creating a
strong link between the company and the city. Since 1994 they entered also in
the ro/ro scene, operating the “Filippos”
on Ancona – Corinth line. When, in
1999, Adriatica announced the abandon of Trieste port, Halkydon Shipping saved the ferry service buying itself the
“Espresso Grecia” of Adriatica.
The ferry remained on her previous route, the Trieste
– Durres, marketed
directly by Agemar which became shipowner
from the earlier position of Adriatica port agent in Trieste. The service proved
to be successful, so the company decided to deploy a ro/ro
together with the “Grecia”, the “Ravenna”. The expansion of the fleet goes on
in 2003, when another former Adriatica vessel is
bought, the “Venezia”, doubling the passenger service
Trieste – Durres. The following year the “Filippos” was sold, being replaced only two years later by
another ro/ro of Framnæs
series bearing the same name; finally the company opened its second passenger
ferry service on October 2006, linking Bari with Durres.
Many thanks to P. Sandro Amodeo for providing informations
about the company
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Halkydon Shipping – Particular of ship
name on “Venezia” 03/08/05
Halkydon Shipping – Particular of ship
name on “Venezia” 03/08/05
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