ANES (the Anonymous Ferry Company of Symi) was created in 1979 to help with the transport and commercial problems facing the island of Symi. The creation of ANES helped to increase tourism to the island, and allow residents to remain rather than moving away. ANES remains a public-spirited concern today, with most of the 1,300 share-holders residents of Symi and Rhodes.
ANES operates its routes with 3 ferries, the Symi II, Proteus, and AG Nektarios, and a `flying dolphin fast hydrofoil ferry, the Aegli, connecting Symi to Rhodes, Tilos, Kos, Kasterlorizo, Nissyros, and Panormitis and Piraeus with Aegina.<.p>