A little-known Greek ferry outfit headed by a lawyer and former board member of defunct NEL Lines has emerged as the buyer of two of the shuttered company's ships auctioned in Athens.

Data on IHS Markit shows ANEN Lines as the new owner of the 3,500-gt high-speed ferry Aeolos Kenteris 1 (built 2000). The vessel went under the hammer in an e-auction on 20 November for €2.02m