İDO

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Istanbul Fast Ferries Co. Inc. İDO
Type	Public
Founded	1987
Headquarters	İstanbul, Turkey
Key people	Ahmet Paksoy,General Manager
Industry	Transport
Website	http://www.ido.com.tr

İDO Istanbul Fast Ferries Co. Inc. (Turkish: İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri, meaning Istanbul Sea Buses) was founded in 1987 by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. It started off with a fleet of 10 seabuses purchased from Norway and it now has a fleet of 27 seabuses with capacities ranging from 350 to 450 passengers.

İDO was founded to help with the sea transportation and thus help ease traffic problem in the largest city of Turkey. Travel via sea is often viewed as a promising solution to the traffic problems considering the fact that Istanbul is located on the sides of the Bosphorus.

Furthermore 2 ferries with a capacity of 490 passengers and 94 cars serving in İstanbul - Yalova line, another 2 ferries with the capacity of 800 passengers and 200 cars serving in İstanbul - Bandırma line joined the fleet in 1998.

In 2004, 2 ferricats capable of serving 600 passengers and 112 cars started sailing Pendik - Yalova line.

In addition to offering scenic tours and regular service to islands in the Sea of Marmara.

[edit] Fleet

İDO Fleet (Updated 29.03.2008)

Type	Total	Passenger Capacity
Seabus	25	490 to 1200
Fast Ferry	10	350 to 450
Conventional Passenger Boat	37	750 to 2100
Conventional Vehicle Boat	19	600 Passenger + 66 to 112 Vehicle
Mavi Marmara Cruise Ship	1	1080
Motorboat	7
Total	99

[edit] Routes

Fest Ferry Lines
Yenikapı-Bursa
Yenikapı-Bandırma
Yenikapı-Yalova
Pendik-Yalova

Inter-City Seabus Lines
Istanbul-Armutlu-Kumla-Gemlik
Istanbul-Marmara Island-Avsa Island
Istanbul-Cinarcik-Esenkoy
Kartal-Yalova
Bostancı-Yalova
Bosphorus Lines

Inner-City Seabus Lines
Bostanci-Kadikoy-Yenikapi-Bakirkoy
Bostanci-Kabataş
Bostanci-Kabataş-Kadikoy-Bakirkoy-Avcilar-Büyükçekmece
Pendik-Kartal-Maltepe-Bostanci-Kabataş-Bakirkoy-Avcilar

[edit] References

İDO website Retrieved: December 29, 2006