The ferry owner's loss for the period remained stable at EUR 21m ($27.7m) compared to the same spell of last year.

Revenue declined by 2.3% to EUR 104.2m, while the total number of passengers carried increased from 1.36m to 1.48m.

Panos Dikaios, Attica's chief financial officer, told TradeWinds: "I would use the word 'stability' to describe the first half result.

"We are satisfied that our slightly reduced revenue was not reflected on our net income."

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