PRESS RELEASE
NAMING CEREMONY OF
THE HSF EUROPA PALACE
The management of MINOAN LINES is in the pleasant
position to announce that on Saturday the 23rd of March, the naming
ceremony of the HSF EUROPA PALACE took place at the shipyards of Fincantieri in
Italy.
Among the attendees at the glorious ceremony were the
Greek Minister of Merchant Marine, Mr. George Anomeritis, the General Secretary
of the Ministry, Mr. Lampros Lambropoulos, the Chairman of MINOAN LINES’ board,
Mr. Konstantinos Klironomos, Mr. Michael Babourakis, member of the board, the
General Manager Mr. Panagiotis Kassapakis and the Shipping CEO Mr. Antonis
Maniadakis.
Ms Zoe Dimoschaki, double golden champion in European
Junior Championships in Swimming, named the HSF EUROPA PALACE.
The HSF EUROPA PALACE will be deployed on the Patras –
Igoumenitsa – Ancona (Italy) route as of April 2002.
The technical characteristics of the vessel are: total length of 214 m.,
width of 26.4 m., carrying capacity of 1,900 passengers, 150 trucks and 100
vehicles or 600 vehicles. She has 4 ultramodern engines WARTSILA 16V46C type,
of total output 16.800 KW each while the service speed is 31.5 knots.
The vessel is also equipped with: conference center, shopping
center, restaurants, panoramic disco, cinema, playground, lounges, video games,
gymnasium, specially equipped medical area with a cardiograph connected to a
cardiology center in case of cardiac emergencies, 732 cabins and 106 VIP
air-type seats with TV and the option of six different music channels.
The
HSF EUROPA PALACE is the sixth newly built vessel delivered to MINOAN LINES,
while the Company’s significant investment program is due for completion in May
with the delivery of the seventh vessel.
Heraklion, 23rd March 2002