El Venizelos 01
Piraeus, Greece 27 September 2012
 
El Venizelos 02   El Venizelos 03
Piraeus, Greece 30/08/12 Perama 07/06/14
     

Name

EL VENIZELOS (Eleftherios Venizelos)

Hellenic name

ΕΛ ΒΕΝΙΖΕΛΟΣ

Previous names

1984 - 1988 Stena Polonica

1988 - 1990 Bonanza

1990 - 1992 Kydon II

Type

Roll-On/Roll-Off vessel - Ferry

IMO-number

7907673

Call sign

SWWZ

Flag

Greece

Port of registry

Chania

GT

38.261

DWT

Summer: 5.351 t

NT

20.013

Length

175,40 m

Breadth

28,50 m

Draught

6,70 m

Lane metres

1.650

Depth

8,60 m

Speed

21,0 knots

Built

1984

1992 Finished in Greece

2007 Refit at Elefsis shipyards

Keel laid

05/11/1983

Launch date

28/10/1984

Builder

Stocznia Gdynia Shipyard S.A.

Gdynia

Poland

Builder completion

1992 Perama yards

Pireus

Greece

Yard number

B494/03

Hull material

Ordinary steel

Main engine

4x Zgoda-Sulzer 16ZV 40/48 - 16 Cylinder combustion engines total 34.128 kW / 46.416 hp

Propellers

2x Controllable pitch propellers

Number of complete decks

7

Number of partial decks

1

Number of passengers

2.100

Number of beds

1.606

Number of cars

850

Number of trailers

87

Commercial manager

Attica Ferries Single Member

1-7, Lysikratous & Evripidou Streets

Kallithea, 176 74, Athens

Greece

Previous operators

  • 1979 Stena Line AB - Sweden

  • 1988 - 1989 Fres Olsen & Co.,Kristiansand - Norway

  • 1989 Anonymos Naftiliaki Eteria Kritis (ANEK), Chania - Greece

Charter:

  • 2004 - 2011 Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation (Cotunav, CTN) - Tunisia

  • 2013 - 2013 Société Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM), Marseille - France

  • 2014 - 2014 Consorzio Go In Sardinia, Olbia - Italy

  • 2016 Africa Morocco Link (AML), Casablanca - Morocco

Registered owner

Blue Star Ferries Single Member Maritime SA

1-7, Lysikratous & Evripidou Streets

Kallithea, 176 74, Athens

Greece

Previous owners

1984 - 1988 Stena Line

1988 - 1989 Fred Olsen A/S

1989 Anonymos Naftilaki Eteria Kritis ( ANEK), Chania - Greece

Latest data adjustment

06 April 2025