The Maritime Shipping Company, which is based on the island of Lesvos, operates ships transporting passengers and goods around Greece. Its fleet consists of eight passenger ferries, five of the conventional type and three high-speed vessels. Its ships connect the port of Piraeus with Western Cyclades (Andros-Syros-Tinos-Mykonos), Eastern Cyclades (Paros-Naxos-Ikaria) and the island of Samos, as well as the port of Thessaloniki with the islands of Lesvos and Limnos.