Limassol shipowner Acheon Akti Navigation has clinched a contract to run the first ferry service between Cyprus and Greece for 22 years.

The company is teaming up with tour operator Top Kinisis to form the joint venture Scandro Holding.

The tender was launched by the Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry in 2021.

The service will use the 1,066-pax ropax Daleela (built 1991), controlled by Arab Ship Management of Jordan.