The company
The Agapitos family has a tradition in the coastal shipping trade by being actively involved since 1964.
The company was founded by Vasileios A. Agapitos, a self-made businessman who was born in Athens in 1933 from Asia Minor refugees. From the time of its establishment and until its merger with Minoan Flying Dolphins, the company was mainly active in the Cyclades routes and other regions such as the Adriatic Sea, the Ionian Sea, Ikaria-Samos and the Dodecanese.
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From 2000 and until 2018, the company held a stake in the share capital of Hellenic Seaways, while Antonios Agapitos, active in the industry as a shipowner since 1983, served on its Board of Directors, as its Vice-Chairman and as CEO from 2013 until the sale of the company to Attica Group in 2018. In 2019, Vasilis Agapitos, who entered the coastal shipping industry in 2012, continued the family tradition and founded ALPHA LINES, adding the state-of-the-art passenger high-speed craft SPEEDCAT I to its fleet in 2020.
Timeline
1964 - 1970
FOUNDED BY VASILEIOS A. AGAPITOS OFFERED THE IGOUMENITSA - CORFU ROUTE IN THE IONIAN SEA
1964 NEWBUILDING AT PERAMA SHIPYARDS
F/B EIRINI 64’
F/B AGAPITOS A 65’
F/B TATIANA 67’
SECOND HAND BOUGHT
F/B AKROPOLIS 51’ FROM XYLAS FAMILY
F/B EIRINI 64’
F/B AGAPITOS A 65’
F/B TATIANA 67’
SECOND HAND BOUGHT
F/B AKROPOLIS 51’ FROM XYLAS FAMILY
1971-1982
OFFERED ROUTES FROM PIRAEUS TO THE CYCLADES, THE DODECANESE AND WITHIN THE CYCLADES
NEWBUILDING AT PERAMA SHIPYARD KYKLADES 1971
1973 SECOND HAND BOUGHT APOLLON 61’ FROM NOMICOS FAMILY
SAME YEAR 1973 SECOND HAND AGAPITOS I 48 FROM PANAMANIAN ENTERPRISE KIMI COMPANIA
1974 AEGEON EX: DARGIGEON NORMANDY BUILT IN BELGIUM 64’ BOUGHT FROM BELGIAN OWNERS
1977 MIAOULIS 52' BY CANTER REUNITE DELL’ ADRIATICO BOUGT FROM STRINTZIS GROUP
1981 NIREUS 64’ BOUGHT IN 1976 FOR SWEDISH OWNERS REDERI A/B SVEA. INITIAL NAME SCANIABY AKTIEBOLAG UDEVALLAVARVET UDEVALLA, SWEDEN YARD NO.264
1973 SECOND HAND BOUGHT APOLLON 61’ FROM NOMICOS FAMILY
SAME YEAR 1973 SECOND HAND AGAPITOS I 48 FROM PANAMANIAN ENTERPRISE KIMI COMPANIA
1974 AEGEON EX: DARGIGEON NORMANDY BUILT IN BELGIUM 64’ BOUGHT FROM BELGIAN OWNERS
1977 MIAOULIS 52' BY CANTER REUNITE DELL’ ADRIATICO BOUGT FROM STRINTZIS GROUP
1981 NIREUS 64’ BOUGHT IN 1976 FOR SWEDISH OWNERS REDERI A/B SVEA. INITIAL NAME SCANIABY AKTIEBOLAG UDEVALLAVARVET UDEVALLA, SWEDEN YARD NO.264
1983-1987
OFFERED ROUTES IN THE ADRIATIC SEA: PATRAS – IGOUMENITSA – CORFU – BRINDISI
CORFU SEA
CORFU DIAMOND
CORFU DIAMOND
1983-1990
OFFERED ROUTES FROM PIRAEUS TO THE CYCLADES, THE DODECANESE AND WITHIN THE CYCLADES
1983 GOLDEN VERGINA 66' BUILT FROM FRENCH OWNERS BY CHANTIERS DE L’ATLANTIQUE FOR CIE.GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE INITIAL NAME CIE. GENERALE
1984 NAIAS II 66' SISTER VESSEL OF GOLDEN VERGINA BUILD BY SOCIETE DE CHANTIERS ET ATELIERS DE PROVENCE. PORT DE BOUC, FRANCE YARD NO.327 INITIAL NAME COMTE DE NICE
1987 OLYMPIA 65' BOUGHT FROM A.A EX. CHANTILLY VESSEL NAME BUILD BY DUBIGEON NORMANDIE S.A NANTES, FRANCE
1990 EXPRESS OLYMPIA 73’ BOUGHT FROM W & INDUSTRIAL LTD. BRITISH OWNERS BUILD BY JOS.L.MEYER, YARD PAPERBURG, WEST GERMANY, YARD NO. 570, INITIAL NAME VIKING 4
1984 NAIAS II 66' SISTER VESSEL OF GOLDEN VERGINA BUILD BY SOCIETE DE CHANTIERS ET ATELIERS DE PROVENCE. PORT DE BOUC, FRANCE YARD NO.327 INITIAL NAME COMTE DE NICE
1987 OLYMPIA 65' BOUGHT FROM A.A EX. CHANTILLY VESSEL NAME BUILD BY DUBIGEON NORMANDIE S.A NANTES, FRANCE
1990 EXPRESS OLYMPIA 73’ BOUGHT FROM W & INDUSTRIAL LTD. BRITISH OWNERS BUILD BY JOS.L.MEYER, YARD PAPERBURG, WEST GERMANY, YARD NO. 570, INITIAL NAME VIKING 4
1994-1999
OFFERED ROUTES FROM PIRAEUS TO THE CYCLADES, THE DODECANESE AND WITHIN THE CYCLADES
1994 NAIAS EXPRESS 71’ EX. DIMITRA BOUGHT FROM AGOUDIMOS GA FERIES BUILD BY CANTIERI NAVALI S.p.A BREDA, VENEZIA YARD NO.272 FOR BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD. INITIAL NAME AILSA PRINCESS
1995 SUPER NAIAS 72' EX. KRHTH BOUGHT FROM ANEK BUILD BY KANDA ZOSENSHO K.K KURE, JAPAN YARD NO. 163 FOR HIROSHIMA GREEN FERRY.
1996 PANAGIA EKATONTAPILIANI 72’ BOUGHT FROM VENTOURIS SEA LINES BUILD BY ARSENAL DE BREST, BREST FRANCE YARD NO CF1 FOR CARPASS SHIPPING CO INITIAL NAME HENGIST BRITISH FLAG
1998 A.A ORDRERS A NEW BUILDING IN UK ISLE OF MAN AT BABCOK SHIPYARD HIGHT SPEED CATAMARAN TURBINE ENGINES SEA SPEED 1 STILL ON SERVICE WITH HELLENIC SEAWAYS FLEET NAMED AS FLYING CAT 4
1995 SUPER NAIAS 72' EX. KRHTH BOUGHT FROM ANEK BUILD BY KANDA ZOSENSHO K.K KURE, JAPAN YARD NO. 163 FOR HIROSHIMA GREEN FERRY.
1996 PANAGIA EKATONTAPILIANI 72’ BOUGHT FROM VENTOURIS SEA LINES BUILD BY ARSENAL DE BREST, BREST FRANCE YARD NO CF1 FOR CARPASS SHIPPING CO INITIAL NAME HENGIST BRITISH FLAG
1998 A.A ORDRERS A NEW BUILDING IN UK ISLE OF MAN AT BABCOK SHIPYARD HIGHT SPEED CATAMARAN TURBINE ENGINES SEA SPEED 1 STILL ON SERVICE WITH HELLENIC SEAWAYS FLEET NAMED AS FLYING CAT 4
1999
MERGER OF AGAPITOS LINES AND MINOAN FLYING DOLPHINS
PARTICIPATION IN THE SHARE CAPITAL AND MANAGEMENT OF HELLENIC SEAWAYS
PARTICIPATION IN THE SHARE CAPITAL AND MANAGEMENT OF HELLENIC SEAWAYS
2018
SELF-INVESTMENT AND DEPARTURE FROM THE MANAGEMENT OF HELLENIC SEAWAYS
2019-2020
ALPHA LINES FOUNDED BY VASILEIOS A. AGAPITOS
2020 PURCHASE OF THE ‘SPEEDCAT I’ H/S CATAMARAN
