Blue Star Ferries

Founded	2000
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Area served	Aegean Sea
Services	Passenger transportation Freight transportation
Parent	Attica Holdings
Website	www.bluestarferries.com

Blue Star Ferries is a brand name of Blue Star Maritime S.A. The company operates ferry services from the Greek mainland to the Aegean Islands.

Blue star ferries is the biggest ferry company in greece desserving more than 20 destinations. Its fleet is composed by modern ferries going from 23 to 30 knots.

Blue Star Ferries was found in 1965 as Strintzis Lines by the Strintzis family from Lixouri, Kefalonia. The company was rebranded as Blue Star Ferries in 2000 following Attica Enterprises' acquisition of a 48% stake in the company.Blue Star Ferries is a sister company of Superfast Ferries, as both are part of the Attica Group and have had partnership in some routes, such as Rosyth to Zeebrugge and presently Piraeus-Heraklion.

In 2006 Blue Star Maritime S.A. purchased the Dodecanese ferry company DANE Sea Lines.

Blue Star Ferries built two ferry-type ships at Daewoo Shipyards on Korea. The first ferry, named Blue Star Delos, was delivered in first 10 days of October 2011 and the second, Blue Star Patmos in July 2012. Blue Star Delos is currently on the route: Piraeus-Paros-Naxos-Ios-Thira and Blue Star Patmos on the route: Piraeus-Chios-Mytilini(Lesvos)

Blue Star Ferries currently operates a fleet of 8 ships.

Piraeus-Heraklion (Blue Horizon)
Piraeus-Chania (Blue Galaxy)

Piraeus-Syros-Tinos-Mykonos (Blue Star Paros)
Piraeus-Syros-Paros-Naxos-Ios-Santorini-Anafi (Blue Star Delos)
Piraeus-Syros-Paros-Naxos-Santorini & Amorgos-Irakleia-Schoinoussa-Koufonissia-Donousa-Astypalaia (Blue Star Naxos)

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