The 'El Venizelos' is expected to permanently join the Algérie Ferries fleet under a lease-purchase agreement. A lease agreement with a purchase option has been signed between the two parties, providing for a transfer of ownership after a five-year period. The 'El Venizelos' is one of the oldest vessels in the fleet of the Greek maritime group Attica. Since June 2025, the ferry has been operating between Algeria, France, and Spain under the Algérie Ferries banner. Its acquisition would bring the Algerian company's fleet to five, which currently includes the 'Badji Mokhtar III', the 'Tassili II', the 'Djazaïr II' and the 'Tariq Ibn Ziad'. The latter, which has been under repair for two years, is expected to return to service in Aug 2025.
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MOBY DREA
Sold/Decommissioned
The 'Moby Drea' has left the port of Genoa on July 18, 2025, being towed by the tug 'Sea Dream' (IMO: 9560259), but not headed to Aliaga, but instead bound to Split with an ETA as of July 26. It is currently unclear whether the ferry is headed to the Brodosplit shipyard or what the reason for this journey is. In May, the vessel was sold by the Onorato family's ferry company, and esd thought to be scrapped in a scrapyard in Aliaga, but in fact has been sold for commercial purposes and not for demolition, and therefore it is not excluded that it could return to service in the Mediterranean or elsewhere. Report with photo: https://www.shippingitaly.it/2025/07/21/il-traghetto-moby-drea-ha-lasciato-per-lultima-volta-litalia/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLsHURleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHvqWcrRNuZnJ9ib24ge6XiwjEvADSLnI_tQPbJDSMQtfSm-reFEo-JdL2b1K_aem_DYzqUgMNhOXPRJxSMShXSQ
