Draft:Blue Star Paros
Greek ropax ferry
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Blue Star Paros is a ferry belonging to the shipping company Blue Star Ferries .
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- Blue Star Paros
- Blue Star Santorini (intended/during construction)
 Blue Star Paros off from Piraeus. | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner | Attica Group (2002–present) |
| Operator | Blue Star Ferries (2002–present) |
| Port of registry | Piraeus,  Greece |
| Ordered | 6 November 2000 |
| Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea |
| Yard number | 7507 |
| Laid down | 26 July 2001 |
| Launched | 15 November 2001 |
| Completed | 17 April 2002 |
| Identification | |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ro-pax ferry |
| Tonnage | 10,438 GT |
| Length | 124.20 m (407.5 ft) |
| Beam | 18.90 m (62.0 ft) |
| Draft | 5.10 m (16.7 ft) |
| Installed power | 17,000 kW (Total) |
| Propulsion | 4 × Wärtsilä NSD 9L32 diesel engines |
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Service
Launched on 15 November 2001 at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd shipyard in Okpo with the name Blue Star Paros and delivered in February 2002 to the Greek Blue Star Ferries , she entered service the following March on the routes between Piraeus , Paros , Naxos , Santorini and Amorgos[1] .
Subsequently, it was transferred to the connections between Piraeus , Syros , Tinos and Mykonos , where it still operates today.
Sister ships
- Blue Star Naxos
- Fundy Rose (formerly Blue Star Ithaki)