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Industry |
Shipping Transport |
Founded | 1972 |
Founder | Group of Heraklion Prominent Figures/Wide Public Ownership |
Headquarters | Heraklion, Greece |
Area served
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Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea |
Key people
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Emanuele Grimaldi (Chairman) Konstantinos Mamalakis (Vice-Chairman) Antonis Maniadakis (CEO) |
Services | Passenger transportation Freight transportation |
Revenue | €1.689 billion (2015) |
€149.01 million (2015) | |
Total assets | €1.529 billion (2015) |
Total equity | €959.40 million (2015) |
Owner | Grimaldi Group (89.9%) |
Number of employees
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1,809 (2015) |
Parent | Grimaldi Group |
Subsidiaries | Hellenic Seaways |
Website | www.minoan.gr |
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 45% of the stock of Minoan Lines.
Its logo is derived from The Lily Prince fresco of Knossos
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Companies that are affiliates of Minoan Lines (larger than 10%) are outlined below.