(Athex: MINOA) | |
Industry | Shipping Transport |
Founded | May 25, 1972[1] |
Headquarters | , Greece[1] |
Area served | Aegean Sea |
Key people | Emanuele Grimaldi (Chairman) Loukas Sigalas (CEO) |
Services | Passenger transportation Freight transportation |
Revenue | €57.45 million (2020)[2] |
€(14.60) million (2020)[2] | |
€(15.39) million (2020)[2] | |
Total assets | €280.62 million (2020)[2] |
Total equity | €255.17 million (2020)[2] |
Owner | Grimaldi Group (100%)[3][failed verification] [citation needed] |
Number of employees | 415 (2020)[2] |
Website | www.minoan.gr |
Minoan Lines is one of the largest passenger ferry companies in Europe, and one of the dominant passenger ferry companies in Greece, sailing between Piraeus and Crete and, in the Adriatic Sea, between Patras and various Italian ports. The company was founded in May 1972.[1] Since 2008 Grimaldi's Compagnia di Navigazione SpA owns and controls 95.9 of the stock of Minoan Lines.[citation needed]
The company's logo is derived from The Lily Prince fresco at Knossos.