Blue Star Chios

{{Infobox ship | display_title = ital |infobox_caption=Blue Star Chios |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Blue Star Chios underway in Mediterranean Sea Rhodes 3 September 2024.jpg | image_caption = ''Blue Star Chios'' at Rhodes }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | country = Greece | flag = {{shipboxflag|Greece|civil}} |name=*2007–2020: ''Nissos Chios'' *2020 onwards: ''Blue Star Chios'' | namesake = Island of Chios | owner = Blue Star Ferries<ref name="rina" /> | operator = | registry = Piraeus, {{flag|Greece}} | route = Piraeus- Kalymnos - Kos - Rhodes & Ikaria (Ag. Kirykos) - Fourni - Astypalea - Patmos - Lipsi - Leros - Nisyros - Tilos - Symi - Karpathos - Kasos - Kastellorizo | ordered = 1 January 1999<ref name="rina" /> | builder = Elefsis Shipyards | original_cost = | yard_number =1702 | laid_down = 21 March 2006<ref name="rina" /> | launched = 15 November 2006 | sponsor = | christened = | completed = 18 July 2007<ref name="rina" /> | maiden_voyage = | in_service = |identification=*Call sign: SXXL *{{IMO Number|9215555}} *{{MMSI|240672000}} | fate = | status = In service | notes = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = <ref name="rina">{{csr|register=RINA|id=82476|shipname=Nissos Chios|accessdate=2013-07-16}}</ref> | type = Ro-pax ferry | tonnage ={{GT|8,126}}{{DWT|1,960}} | displacement = | length = {{convert|141|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="hs">[http://www.hellenicseaways.gr/index.asp?a_id=270 Nissos Chios], Hellenic Seaways site</ref> | beam = {{convert|21|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | height = | draft = | depth = {{convert|7.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | decks = | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | power = Four diesel engines, 31,680{{nbsp}}kW (combined) | propulsion = Two shafts; controllable pitch propellers | speed = | range = | endurance = | capacity =*1,715 passengers *418 cars | crew = 76 | notes = }} }}{{Short description|Greek Ropax Ferry}} '''''Blue Star Chios''''' ({{langx|el|Μπλού Στάρ Χίος}}), formerly '''''Nissos Chios''''' ({{langx|el|Νήσος Χίος}}), is a high-speed ro-pax ferry of Blue Star Ferries, built, along with its sister ship ''Blue Star Myconos'', at Elefsis Shipyards. It was an old wish of Gerasimos Strintzis. In February 2006 the first pieces of the ship were loaded at Skararamangas and were transported to Elefsis Shipyards and on November 15, 2006, construction was launched at Elefsis Shipyards. It was delivered in June 2007 for Hellenic Seaways. Its construction was completed in a very short time.

The original name of the ship means in Greek "Island of Chios", which is one of the islands of the North Aegean. It was, when launched, the newest Greek ship with frequent travels. In January 2020, the ''Nissos Chios'' was renamed ''Blue Star Chios'' together with its sister ship ''Nissos Mykonos'', which was renamed ''Blue Star Myconos'', after the ships changed service from Hellenic Seaways to Blue Star Ferries.

There was a 1967-built Greek passenger-car ferry with the same name. The old ''Nissos Chios'' was scrapped in 2006.<ref>{{csr|register=E|id=6620046|shipname=Nissos Chios|accessdate=2013-07-16}}</ref>

==Routes== As of 2026, the ship has been serving the Piraeus- Santorini - Anafi - Kasos - Karpathos- Diafani - Chalki - Rhodes and back. In the past, it served routes such as Piraeus-Chios-Mytilene.

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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|IMO 9215555}}

Category:Ferries of Greece Category:Ships built in Greece Category:2006 ships Category:Ships of Blue Star Ferries