A.K. VENTOURIS INC.
image by Jarig Bakker, 5 October 2005
A.K. Ventouris’s formation is variously placed in the 1980s, in 1988 as AKB Ferries and A. Ventouris Inc., and in 1993 as A.K. Ventouris Shipping Co. It largely ceased ferry operations in 1996, apart from a freight service primarily for stock. In 2002 it obtained the Cycladic inter-island route with chartered Panagia Tinou, apparently through the newly formed C-Link Ferries M.C. Apostolos K. Ventouris acquired Anek Lines’ 18.92% controlling stake in NEL Lines in May 2005. C-Link and NEL formed a consortium in March 2006, and C-Link later appears as a NEL operating company.
Greece, Athens.