Blue Star Chios

Blue Star Chios (Greek: Μπλού Στάρ Χίος), formerly Nissos Chios (Greek: Νήσος Χίος), is a high-speed ro-pax ferry of Blue Star Ferries, built, along with its sister ship Blue Star Mykonos, at Elefsis Shipyards. It was an old wish of Gerasimos Strintzis. In February 2006 the first pieces of the ship were loaded at Skararamangas and were transported to Elefsis Shipyards and on November 15, 2006, construction was launched at Elefsis Shipyards. It was delivered in June 2007 for Hellenic Seaways. Its construction was completed in a very short time.

Blue Star Chios

Blue Star Chios in 2010
History
Greece
Name	2007–2020: Nissos Chios 2020 onwards: Blue Star Chios
Namesake	Island of Chios
Owner	Blue Star Ferries[1]
Port of registry	Piraeus,  Greece
Route	Piraeus- Kalymnos - Kos - Rhodes & Ikaria (Ag. Kirykos) - Fourni - Astypalea - Patmos - Lipsi - Leros - Nisyros - Tilos - Symi - Karpathos - Kasos - Kastellorizo
Ordered	1 January 1999[1]
Builder	Elefsis Shipyards
Yard number	1702
Laid down	21 March 2006[1]
Launched	15 November 2006
Completed	18 July 2007[1]
Identification	Call sign: SXXL IMO number: 9215555 MMSI number: 240672000
Status	In service
General characteristics [1]
Type	Ro-pax ferry
Tonnage	8,126 GT1,960 DWT
Length	141 m (463 ft)[2]
Beam	21 m (69 ft)
Depth	7.5 m (25 ft)
Installed power	Four diesel engines, 31,680 kW (combined)
Propulsion	Two shafts; controllable pitch propellers
Capacity	1,715 passengers 418 cars
Crew	76

The original name of the ship means in Greek "Island of Chios", which is one of the islands of the North Aegean. It was, when launched, the newest Greek ship with frequent travels. In January 2020 the Nissos Chios was renamed Blue Star Chios together with its sister ship Nissos Mykonos, which was renamed Blue Star Mykonos, after the ships changed service from Hellenic Seaways to Blue Star Ferries.

There was a 1967-built Greek passenger-car ferry with the same name. The old Nissos Chios was scrapped in 2006.[3]