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Plakiotakis made the announcement after a meeting with Deputy Macedonia and Thrace Minister
Stavros Kalafatis.
The entity awarded the concession will receive state subsidy to run three weekly routes as of June 1 through to September 15 between the northern port city and the Sporades isles.
Plakiotakis said the government had
increased the budget for ferry lines servicing
remote islands
and regions from 90 million euros in 2019 to 138 million euros in 2021 for 24 remote ferry connections, which make up “a strong, modern ferry network both in the North Eastern and in South Eastern Aegean”, he said.
“The inhabitants of Northern Greece will have direct access to the Sporades with a fast passenger ferry… in this way we validate the central role of Thessaloniki’s port,” he said.
New ferry line will connect Thessaloniki and Sporades island
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The Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Giannis Plakiotakis, immediately after the meeting he had with the Deputy Minister of Macedonia and Thrace Stavros Kalafatis, at the Governor’s Office, announced a new ferry line that will be subsidised.
This new ferry line will connect Thessaloniki with the Sporades islands with three routes week, from 1 June to 15 September.
Giannis Plakiotakis.
“The inhabitants of Northern Greece will have direct access to the Sporades with a fast passenger ferry,” Plakiotakis explained.
“In this way the central role that the port of Thessaloniki can play in terms of ferry connections is validated and we ensure excellent ferry connections, creating a network of of ferry transport Thessaloniki and Northern Greece and our islanders,” he said.
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