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Copyright Fatih TAKMAKLI
Former name(s):
- Express Ionion (Until 2000 Jun)
- Gomera Jet (Until 2000)
- Berlin Express (Until 1999 Jun)
- Kattegat (Until 1996 Apr)
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sad regards, Marcus
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as you just mentioned, the banks obviously demanded too much money, indeed. In addition all the conventional ferries were old vessels from the 1970's. And GA Ferries was definitely no ferry company keeping their ships in the very best condition...
For JETFERRY 1 I am not sure, why the banks couldn't find a buyer. A reason could be the lack of popularity of fast monohul ferries in general. Some years ago TIRRENIA sold six of them for scrap, all not even 20 years old.
You are right, there is definitely some kind of overcapacity of high speed ferries. In Greece, there are quite a lot of them laying up idle, these days.
Probably we will se some more highspeeds on the beaches of Aliaga in the next years...
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Yet, isn't it strange that not even one vessel found a buyer? Were the banks demanding too much money or is there - how to put it? - some kind of overcapacity of ferries in the Med?
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her owners (GA Ferries) went bankrupt in 2007. Since then the whole fleet of GA ferries was laid up in Piraeus main port.
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1155032
http://images.vesseltracker.com/images/foto_popup.html?ship_photo_id=PIRAEUS-425381
The banks monopolized all the vessels and tried to sell them at auction. However no buyers could be found and the ships remained in Piraeus port for a couple of years.
In the end the ferries step by step were sold to breakers in Turkey. JETFERRY 1 was the last of these ships leaving Piraeus. She was towed to the beach of Aliaga some weeks ago. Sad!
Hope this might help.
Best Regards,
Florian
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