A Tsavlaris salvage team at work at Paros, June 1996.

Launched 1972 in Italy, completed 1974 in France. Passenger ship, rebuilt 1989 in Greece as a ro/ro ferry. 1974 PROVENCE (Transméditerranéenne, Marseilles). 1976 transferred SNCM. 1989 POSEIDON EXPRESS (Arkadia Lines, Piraeus). 1994 sold Nomicos Lines, Piraeus. 19 April 1996 in collision with NAÏAS EXPRESS at the Paros ferry terminal, eventually capsized and sunk. 2 July 1996 refloated by Tsavlaris Salvage. Constructional total loss. 1997 BEL AIR (Beacon Marine Enterprises Ltd., Panama). 1999 sold for scrap to Aliğa, Turkey.

Scanned from a colour slide (dia). Place and date: Paros, 6/1996. Please credit Photo Fleet File Rotterdam when you save the scan to your computer.