MS Kriti I

The MS Kriti I is a RO/PAX ship owned and operated by ANEK Lines. Along with El. Venizelos (ship) and her sister ship Kriti II she is the oldest ship in the fleet of ANEK Lines. The ship was built in 1979 at Koyo Dockyard, Japan and her original name was New Suzuran.

Kriti I at Piraeus on August 14, 2008.
History
Name
  • New Suzuran (1979–1996)
  • Kriti I (1996–Present)
NamesakeIsland of Crete
Owner
  • 1979–1996: Shin-Nipponkai Ferry
  • 1996–Present: ANEK Lines
Operator
Port of registry1996–Present: Chania,  Greece
BuilderKoyo Dockyard, Japan
Yard number828
Laid down23 November 1978
Launched22 February 1979
Completed19 May 1979
Maiden voyage1979
In service1979
Identification
StatusLaid Up
General characteristics
TypeRo-pax ferry
Tonnage
Length1,918 m (6,293 ft)
Beam29 m (95 ft)
Draft6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Installed power
  • 2 Mitsubishi-MAN
  • combined 16V52/55KW
Propulsion
  • 2 propellers
  • 3 bow thrusters
  • 1 stern thruster
SpeedService 23 knots (42.60 km/h; 26.47 mph)[1]
Capacity
  • 1500 passengers
  • 468 berths
  • 650 cars
  • 1700 Lane meters[1]

Service history
Kriti I

New Suzuran with her sister ship New Yukari bought from ANEK Lines in 1996. The constructions became in Perama, Greece in 1996. After the construction the new Kriti I with her sister ship Kriti II entered in Patras–Igoumenitsa–Corfu–Trieste route for many years. After the arrivals of the newest ships of ANEK Lines, the Japanese ferries Lefka Ori, Sophocles Venizelos, Kriti I' with her sister ship Kriti II entered in Piraeus–Heraklion route. Kriti I also made many replacements such as Patras–Igoumenitsa–Corfu–Venice route of oher ships of her company. The ship in 2013 chartered to an Italian company and did the Livorno–Olbia route but it was unsuccessful due to mechanical damage. The ship, after the charting, entered again to the Piraeus–Heraklion route but again chartered to a Russian company. The ship went in Novorossysk but never entered in service and returned in Piraeus. The ship laid-up many times and eventually, in the summer of 2016 Blue Star Ferries chartered it for Piraeus–Dodecanese route for Summer only. Eventually in 2017 Kriti I again chartered from Grandi Navi Veloci. In Italy the ship did the Civitavecchia–Termini Imerese route with Spledid. The ship was chartered for three years and in December 2019 Kriti I arrived in Piraeus and has been laid-up since then in Perama. The ship after a refit she enters again at Piraeus-Heraklion route.

References
  1. "Kriti I". The Ferry Site. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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