Maritime Company of Lesvos

NEL Lines (Greek: Ναυτιλιακή Εταιρία Λέσβου, Naftiliaki Eteria Lesvou) was established in 1972, as a community-based company with shareholders from the island of Lesvos, Greece and the primary aim of acquiring a liner vessel for the Mytilene-Chios-Piraeus route. Over the years, the company expanded, serving many Aegean sea destinations.

Operating high-speed and conventional passenger-ferry boats, NEL sailed on intra-Cyladic itineraries connecting Syros and Lavrio with Eastern, Central and Western Cyclades, Lavrio with Psara and Mesta of Chios, Heraklion and Rethymno with Santorini and Thessaloniki and Volos with the Sporades archipelago.

With passenger-ferry boats NEL also sailed between Piraeus, Chios and Mitilini and connected the islands of Northern Aegean with Thessaloniki, Kavala and Lavrio.

In 2015 Nel Lines declared bankruptcy and ceased operations, citing the financial crises and losing subsidized routes rival to rival operators.