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Achaeos off Piraeus
History
Name	Achaeos
Owner	(2006–2011): Achaeos Ferries Maritime Co. (2011–2012): Blu Navy (charter) (2012–2013): Achaeos Ferries (2013–2014): 2wayferries (2014–present): Achaeos Ferries Maritime Co.
Operator	(2006–2011): 2wayferries / Achaeos Ferries (2011–2012): Blu Navy (2012–2014): 2wayferries (2014–present): Saronic Ferries
Port of registry	Piraeus, Greece
Route	Piraeus – Aegina Former: Igoumenitsa – Corfu Former: Piombino – Elba
Builder	Ambelaki Shipbuilding Yard (Kanellos) Ampelakia, Salamina, Greece
Launched	2006
Completed	2006
Acquired	2006
Maiden voyage	2006
In service	2006
Identification	IMO number: 9411903 Call sign: SYMW MMSI number: 239056300
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class & type	Double-Ended Ro-Ro Passenger Ferry
Tonnage	4,307 GT 629 DWT
Length	87.70 m (287 ft 9 in)
Beam	16.00 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draft	3.50 m (11 ft 6 in)
Decks	3
Ramps	Bow and stern loading ramps (drive-through design)
Installed power	4 × Caterpillar 3512B diesel engines (total 4,476 kW / 6,000 hp)
Propulsion	4 × azimuth thrusters / 360° rotatable propellers
Speed	14.0 knots (25.9 km/h; 16.1 mph) (service) / 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) (max)
Capacity	1,000 passengers 140 cars
Notes	Double-ended hull configuration featuring two garage decks and escalators to main passenger lounge.

Achaeos is an 87.7-metre Greek double-ended passenger and vehicle ferry built in 2006 by the Koutalis–Kostergias Shipyard in Perama. Powered by four Caterpillar engines with a symmetric drive-through design, she initially served the Igoumenitsa–Corfu line and briefly chartered in Italy for Blu Navy before joining Saronic Ferries, where she currently operates year-round services connecting Piraeus with Aegina and Agistri.

Service

The ferry, launched on 1 June 2006 by the Greek shipyards Dimitrios Koutalis with the name Achaeos and delivered on 17 July to 2wayferries, started service the following day on the routes between Piraeus and Aegina, where it operated until September of the same year. Subsequently, after a short period of lay-up, on 16 November 2006 it was transferred to the routes between Corfu and Igoumenitsa, where it joined its fleetmate Ano Chora II.

In February 2011 it was chartered to the Italian company BluNavy and, having set sail on 13 February from Piraeus for Italy, it arrived in Piombino on the 19th, after having made a technical stopover in Corfu on 16 February. On 24 February it started service on the connections between Piombino and Portoferraio as a replacement for the Primrose, where it operated until 15 February 2012.

After the charter on Elba, on 24 February 2012 she left the port of Piombino for Igoumenitsa, where she arrived two days later. In March she resumed service on the Corfu - Igoumenitsa line under the banner of 2wayferries. In 2013 it was disarmed in Keratsini.

On 14 February 2014, following the entry of 2wayferries into the Saronic Ferries joint venture, it returned to service after about 8 years on the connections between Piraeus, Aegina and Agistri, where it still operates today.

Accidents and Incidents

At 12:40 PM on Friday, April 13, 2018, the passenger-car ferry Achaeos struck the dock under unclear circumstances during mooring at the port of Skala, Agistri. The impact resulted in minor injuries to five passengers (four women and one man), who were taken as a precaution to the Aegina Health Center and a private clinic. Four of the injured were discharged after receiving first aid. The vessel was operating the Piraeus – Aegina – Agistri route, carrying 198 passengers, 13 private cars, 1 truck, and 8 motorcycles. Following the incident, port authorities imposed a temporary prohibition of departure.