A-Ships Management

A-Ships Management

Founded	1990
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Area served	Adriatic Sea
Services	Passenger transportation, Freight transportation
Website	www.a-ships.com

A-Ships Management SA formerly known as (European Seaways Inc.) is a Greek shipping company, owned by the Arkoumanis family. It operates ferry services between Italy, Albania and Greece. ^[1]

Routes

A-Ships Management operates the following routes across the Adriatic Sea: ^[2]

• Brindisi - Vlore
• Brindisi – Corfu – Igoumenitsa (summer only)

Fleet

European Seaways, and now A-Ships Management, have operated the following ferries:

Current Fleet

Ship	Flag	Built	Entered service	Gross Tonnage	Length	Breadth	Passengers	Vehicles	Speed	Notes
Galaxy	Cyprus	1979	2017	10,553	127.6 m	19.5 m	900	280	17 knots
Golden Bridge	Cyprus	1990	2018 [1]	26,463	186.5 m	24.8 m	1,500	500	23.5 knots	Chartered to GNV. [3]

Future Ship

Ship	Flag	Built	Due	Gross Tonnage	Length	Breadth	Passengers	Vehicles	Speed	Notes
Golden Carrier	Cyprus	1986	2025	22,874	188.9 m	23.1 m	TBD	TBD	18 knots

Former ships

Ship	Years of service
European Spirit	1990-1995
European Glory	1990-1991
European Glory	1991-1997
European Star	1992-1994
Pearl William	1993
European Pride	1994-1997
Horizon (previously named Dignity and Ionis)	1996-2015
Apollon	2007-2010
Prince	2016
Bridge	2010-2017
Prince	2018-2021 [4] [5]
Prince	2023-2024

References

1. Boonzaler, Jonathan (26 November 2018). "Arkoumanis family buys veteran Weidong ropax". Tradewinds. London. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
2. "Home". Athens: A-Ships Management. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
3. "Fleet". Athens: A-Ships Management. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
4. Papachristou, Harry; Boonzaler, Jonathan (25 April 2018). "North Sea floating hotels find trading buyers in Greece". Tradewinds. London. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
5. "NGO Calls for "Toxic" Ferry to Return to Greece for Proper Recycling". Maritime Executive. 26 August 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2024.