Kriti II
ferry built in 1979
Kriti II ( Greek : Κρήτη ΙΙ , Kríti II ) was a ferry operated by the Greek company ANEK Lines. Built from January to July 1979 at the Koyo Dockyard in Mihara for the Japanese company Shin Nihonkai Ferry, it was originally named New Yukari (ニューゆうかり, Nyū Yūkari). Commissioned in July 1979 on the routes connecting the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido via the Sea of Japan, it was then, along with its sister ship the New Suzuran, the largest car ferry in Japan. Sold to the Greek company ANEK Lines in 1996, it was renamed Kriti II and operated from 1997 between Greece and Italy. Subsequently assigned to the Aegean Sea on the routes between Piraeus and Crete, it remained in service on this route until its retirement in May 2024. It was sold for scrap in March 2025. It was dismantled that year by the demolition sites of Aliağa in Turkey.
History
Origins and construction
In the late 1970s, the increase in freight and passenger traffic on the Shin Nihonkai Ferry lines between Honshu and Hokkaido necessitated the addition of new vessels. From the outset of its operations in 1970, the company had faced growing demand between Maizuru, Tsuruga, and Otaru, and between 1973 and 1977, it had deployed as many as five car ferries. A new line from Niigata had also been opened in 1974 to divert passenger and freight traffic; however, the recently built but outdated Ferry Lilac struggled to meet the demand.
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