verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message anek lines traded as athex anek industry shipping transport founded 1967 founder archbishop irineos galanakis headquarters chania crete greece area served adriatic sea crete aegean islands italy mediterranean key people georgios katsanevakis president yannis s. vardinoyannis ceo products commercial passenger transport and cargo revenue 1.57 billion 2015 1 net income 162 million 2015 1 total assets 2.48 billion 2015 1 total equity 974 million 2015 1 owners yannis s. vardinoyannis 37.52 % amalia vardinoyannis 26.62 % piraeus bank 24.17 % number of employees 1 630 end 2015 2 website www.anek.gr anek lines an nimi naftiliak etaire a kr t s is the largest passenger shipping company in greece . citation needed it was founded in 1967 by numerous shareholders who were inhabitants of crete . citation needed it operates passenger ferries mainly on piraeus crete and adriatic sea lines . today the company is listed on the athens stock exchange athex anek and 37.5 % owned by cyprus based sea star capital plc yannis s. vardinoyannis . 3 not in citation given h s f hellenic spirit also amalia vardinoyannis holds a 26.9 % stake through her holding company varmin . citation needed contents 1 history 2 fleet 2.1 currently operating 2.2 on charter to other companies 3 anek superfast 4 routes 5 affiliates 6 references 7 external links history edit in crete protests broke out after the typaldos lines car ferry ss heraklion capsized due a series of safety regulations violations . the ship sank on her way from chania to piraeus on 8december 1966 resulting in the death of more than 200 people . citation needed in the aftermath a few hundreds of cretans traders free lancers pensioners farmers following a proposal by the association of economists of the chania prefecture and the support of the metropolitan of kissamos and selinos irineos galanakis implement their idea to found a multi shareholder shipping company . 4 not in citation given therefore on 1967 april 10 anek lines was founded with its head offices located at chania . at the beginning only born cretans could hold stocks in anek lines . citation needed 1970 the company s first f b vessel kydon started servicing the route piraeus chania 1973 the f b s candia and rethymo started servicing the route piraeus iraklion 1978 the f b kriti started daily servicing the route piraeus chania 4 1987 the f b apterastarted servicing the route piraeus chania new route crete thessaloniki started route closed then suddenly 5 1989 the f b s lato and lissos started servicing the route patras corfu igoumenitsa ancona 4 new blue yellow corporate identity introduced 4 the f b kydon was sold . 1992 anek lines new flagship the f b el . venizelos started servicing the route greece italy . f b talos started servicing the route patras trieste 1994 new route opened patras igoumenitsa bari but already ceased the following year 5 1997 the f b s kriti i & kriti ii started new nonstop patras ancona service 5 1998 share capital increase and initial public offering ipo for the company s stocks in the athens stock exchange f b sokofles v starts operating the route to northern italy patras trieste 4 take over some stakes in dane 5 1999 the company s stocks started trading on the athens stock exchange on 21 january 1999 anek lines purchases 50 % of the share capital of lane ag . nikolaos with the assignment of the f b talos . anek lines merge with rethymniaki and integrate their ships f b prevelis and f b arkadi into the fleet anek lines italia s.r.l.was founded . anek lines holds 51 % of its shares anek lines buys 16.5 % of nel lines 6 anen was founded . anek lines holds 20 % of its shares f b lefka ori f b kriti ii 2000 the f b lefka ori was purchased fully renovated and started servicing the route patras ancona . anek lines increase its shares to 41 9 % of the share capital of dane anek lines buys 50 % of the share capital of etanap anek lines buys 62 % of the share capital of lefka ori a.b.e.e. contract signed with the norwegian shipyard fosen mek shipyard for the shipbuilding of two new buildings first time for anek with delivery dates october 2000 and may 2001 with an option for two more . delivery of the newly constructed olympic champion servicing the route patra ancona which completes the route igoumenitsa ancona in 15 hours . anek lines increases its share capital 25 % 9.5 billion drachmas 27.88 million euros the f b s candia and rethymno are sold anek lines increases its share capital in nel to 19.05 % 2001 established online connections to the international booking systems start merlin amadeus and sigma delivery of the second newly constructed h s f hellenic spirit servicing along with the h s f olympic champion the route patra igoumenitsa ancona reducing the travelling time from igoumenitsa ancona to 15 hours . the former patras ancona operating ships kriti i and kriti ii were deployed then on patras triest and ravena catania kriti i 5 2002 the f b s kriti i & kriti ii deployed on the piraeus heraklion service 5 2003 anek lines set up a ro ro operations called anek cargo for the routes piraeus heraklion patras bari and patras venice 5 2005 in may anek sold its 16.5 % shares in nel lines to edgewater holdings with a 0.5 million profit 7 in november the f b aptera was sold with a 2.5 m. net profit 7 the new patras venice route is added to the route to northern italy 4 the construction of the company s building is completed as well as the relocation of administrative services to the company owned functional establishment in chania karamanli avenue former souda avenue 4 2007 in february the company s latest establishment in piraeus is inaugurated housing the directorate of commercial exploitation the directorate of technical services and the piraeus main agency 4 2008 in april the p s f s prevelis entered service on the piraeus paros naxos ios santorini line 4 in july 2008 the p s f s lissos entered service between piraeus and chios mytilini 4 in september 2008 the p s f s elyros entered service between piraeus and chania 4 in december 2008 anek was awarded a prize as the best passenger line of the year 2008 during the 5th greek shipping awards ceremony hosted by lloyd s list 4 2010 april anek established a new subsidiary aigaion pelagos thalassies grammes shipping company chania to charter and operate the east aegean and specifically the piraeus syros mykonos ikaria fourni samos route and in september this new company undertook the heraklion route which it is servicing by chartering parent company s vessels 8 2011 1 june anek lines started a 3 year joint service agreement with attica group superfast blue star ferries for the route patras igoumenitsa ancona and piraeus irakleion under the name anek superfast . therefore anek deploy its ferry olympic champion from the ancona service now a joint venture operations with anek s lefka ori and the superfast vi and xi to the irakleio service now a joint venture operations with superfast xii . 4 2012 14 june f b lato deployed in the international line bari durr s in cooperation with adriatica lines for the summer season . 2014 f b ierapetra l. deployed in the international line bari durr s in charter from anek italia for year round service . a major engine room fire on 29 november 2014 when underway with crew only aboard caused substantial damage to the ship which returned to brindisi italy . no injuries or fatalities occurred . the vessel is currently out of operation . 9 2014 due to the 2014 libyan conflict libya s council of deputies has been housed on the anek s ferry elyros which has been moored off the coast of tobruk in eastern libya . 10 2015 anek operates the sophocles v as kydon on the piraeus chania . the olympic champion returns to the adriatic and the el . venizelos operates in the northern aegean in order to transport syrian refugees arriving in chios and lesvos . fleet edit currently operating edit ship name flag built imo callsign gross tonnage length width passengers vehicles knots image notes kydon 1991 8916607 swbz 29 991 gt 192 m 27 m 1 500 703 25 olympic champion 2000 9216028 11 sywd 32 694 gt 204 m 25 8 m 1 850 670 30 hellenic spirit 2001 9216030 12 syoa 32 694 gt 204 m 25.8 m 1 850 670 30 prevelis 1980 8020927 sydl 15 354 gt 142.5 m 23 5 m 991 310 19 asterion 2007 9349760 svai3 27 414 gt 186.63 m 26 m 800 196 24 on charter from stena roro . kriti i 1979 7814046 szrd 27 239 gt 192 m 27 m 1 494 650 22 kriti ii 1979 7814058 szqw 27 239 gt 192 m 29.4 m 1 500 719 23 on charter to other companies edit ship name flag built imo callsign gross tonnage length width passengers vehicles knots image notes el . venizelos 1984 7907673 13 swwz 58 661 gt 205.5 m 32.5 m 3 500 850 21 on charter to africa morocco link for operation on the tangier algeciras route . elyros 1998 9178599 14 svom 38 261 gt 192 m 27 m 1 874 620 24 on charter to alg rie ferries for the summer 2016 period . anek superfast edit on 7 june 2011 anek lines and superfast ferries created a joint venture for the piraeus heraklion and the patra igoumenitsa ancona routes with two ro pax ships on the first route the anek owned olympic champion and the superfast owned superfast xii and three in the second route the anek owned hellenic spirit and the superfast owned superfast vi and superfast xi . 15 routes edit greece domestic citation needed piraeus chania kydon piraeus heraklio kriti ii piraeus kalymnos kos rhodes kriti i piraeus milos santorini kasos karpathos chalki rhodes prevelis piraeus milos santorini anafi heraklio sitia kasos karpathos rhodes prevelis greece italy citation needed patras igoumenitsa ancona hellenic spirit olympic champion patras igoumenitsa venice asterion affiliates edit companies that are affiliates of anek lines larger than 10 % are outlined below . not in citation given anek group anek holdings s.a. greece crete chania 99.5 % tourism participation in other companies consulting etc. 4 lines italia srl italy ancona 49 % factoring and representation of shipping companies 4 lane s.a. lane lines greece crete ag . nikolaos 50 11 % passenger ferry shipping 4 aigaion pelagos thalassies grammes shipping company crete chania 99.90 % sailing company under law 959 79 4 t.c. sailing greece crete chania 97 5 % sailing company under law 959 79 4 etanap s.a. greece crete chania stylos 50 % production and distribution of bottled water 4 lefka ori s.a. greece crete chania stylos 62 % production and trade of plastic bottles and packaging products 4 champion ferries l.t.d. marshal island 70 % shipping 16 cooperative bank of chania 0.01 % 16 former affiliates and investments nel lines 16.5 % shares sold 2005 to edgewater holdings 6 dane sea lines 41.87 % stop operations in august 2004 after financial difficulties 17 rethymniaki took over and finally merged into anek lines in 1999 4 anen 19.36 % references edit a b c d anek lines lts 0p13 operating income . gurufocus.com . retrieved 2015 12 31 . anek lines 2005 annual report page 20 1 archived july 8 2011 at the wayback machine . a b c d e