NEL Lines was founded on  August 5th 1972 under the name of Maritime Company of Lesvos S.A.,and is  based in Mytilini (5 El. Venizelou str., tel: 22510-26212). NEL Lines is a public company, listed on the Athens Stock Exchange since August 1996 (Ticker = NEL)

NEL Lines also maintains two offices in Piraeus:

1. Akti Miaouli 25, tel. 210 - 4118121. 
2. Astiggos 2, tel. 210-4115015, 4113722 (central ticket agency).

NEL Lines has been serving the Greek community and the millions of tourists visiting Greece for over 35 years.  We are currently by far the leading Greek car passenger ferry for all destinations in the North-eastern Aegean, and have dynamically entered the Cyclades market with the most modern ship (fastest, largest and most technologically advanced) in all of the Mediterranean.

With the fastest growing fleet in all of Greece, we strive to provide the highest level of customer satisfaction continuously.

In May of 2005 a controlling stake of 20% in NEL Lines was acquired by a new management team from ANEK LINES (also listed on the Athens Stock Exchange), the following are the major achievements of this team since the takeover:

Sales Network

Every port of arrival has a NEL Lines Central Ticket Agency in addition to the over 800 travel agencies that are approved affiliates, thus virtually clients can be served at almost any credible travel agency in Greece.

Our Goal

After the May 2005 management takeover and the establishment of the impressive track record of accomplishments, our goal is to facilitate our strategic expansion by serving new destinations as well as expanding our fleet.

Services and facilities onboard

Management's philosophy is to offer our passengers the highest quality services and facilities available. Our restaurants and bars on-board, Flocafe, have been outsourced to a subsidiary of Vivartia (listed on the Athens Stock Exchange), our retail shops AS Free Shop, have been outsourced to AS COMPANY (listed on the Athens Stock Exchange), and internet access corners are available on all of our ships for passenger convenience.

Safety Standards