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[4] [5] The Paloukia (at Salamis) - Perama ferry line is the busiest one in Greece in terms of traffic volume, handling 9.8 million passengers and 4 million vehicles as of 2009. [ 2 ] In 2012, the then Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Makis Voridis , decided to hold a tender to award the concession of the contract, but the process was ...
The Piraeus-Perama light railway (Greek: Τραμ Περάματος) was a standard gauge suburban light railway line in Greece which connected Piraeus with Perama and Salamis Naval Base. The line was owned by the Hellenic Electric Railways private company and operated from 1936 to 1977.
A suburban standard gauge light railway line (Piraeus-Perama light railway) opened in 1936, connecting Piraeus with Perama and terminating inside the naval base at Amphiali. The line remained in use until 1977. During the Second World War the naval base was occupied by the Germans and used for naval activities, including submarine operations.
It forms the western terminus of the Port of Piraeus, and there is also a passenger port that provides ferry services to Salamis Island. [6] The name Perama comes from the Greek word "perasma" which means "passage". Perama has a secondary soccer team named Peramaikos. The Battle of Salamis which took place in 480BC was located between the ...
Aris (A74) (1979–2004) Former training ship, mainly used by the Hellenic Naval Academy and capable of being used as a hospital ship in time of war, build by Salamis Shipyards. [39] The ship had displacement 2400/2630 tonnes, length 100 m, beam 14.7 m and draught 4.5 m. It had a diesel powerplant of 10,000 hp and two shafts.
Salamis (/ ˈ s æ l ə m ɪ s / SAL-ə-miss; Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Σαλαμίς, romanized: Salamís) [3] or Salamina (Modern Greek: Σαλαμίνα, romanized: Salamína) is the largest Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, about two kilometres (one nautical mile) from the coast of Athens' port of Piraeus and about 16 km (8 + 1 ⁄ 2 nmi) west of Athens center.
MS El.Venizelos is a Greek ferry, and second oldest ship in the ANEK Lines fleet. It is a motor Ro-Ro/Passenger ferryboat, built in 1984 at Stocznia im. Komuny Paryskiej, Gdynia, Poland as Stena Polonica and completed in 1992 in Perama, Piraeus, Greece as El Venizelos.
Panagia Thalassini (2007-2015) sold to Idomeneas Lines as Kalli P but is laid-up in Perama since 2015. Panagia Parou (2007-2018) partially sank in Algeciras port in 2017, towed up and went for scrap in Aliaga, Turkey in 2018. Aqua Jewel (2010-2014) as Aqua Jewel for Seajets since 2017. European Express (2010-2019) scrapped as Express in Aliaga ...