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On the morning of March 4, 2025, the 1st Port Department of Tzelepi of the Central Port Authority of Piraeus was informed by the Captain of the 'Ekaterini P.' about a mechanical failure, ahead of the ship’s departure from the port on the route to Serifos-Sifnos-Kimolos-Folegandros-Sikinos-Ios-Thira with 195 passengers, 46 private vehicles and 15 trucks on board. The Port Authority banned the ferry from sailing until the damage was repaired and a certificate of class maintenance was presented by the monitoring classification society.

The 'Aurora' has departed from Lampedusa on March 4 and was sailing to the oil rig 'Miskar' off Tunisia to rescue a group of migrants who have been stranded there for four days. A reconnaissance plane operated by Sea Watch first sighted the group on the oil platform on March 1, 2025, with an empty rubber dinghy floating nearby. The 32 people, including women and children, had departed from Libya. The platform was unfit to take care of them. One of the migrants has allegedly died, according to the NGO Mediterranea saving Humans and Sea Watch.

An inquiry has been launched into a dry dock flood which has left the 'Hjaltland' out of action at the Rosyth Shipyard on the night of Feb 20,2025, as a consequence of flooding in the pump room. The work that needed to be done following the flooding was including stripping out and testing all the pumps. Breakers, circuit boards and control panels had to be replaced, cables had to be stripped back and replaced.”there has been a very intensive set of works undertaken since the dry dock incident. It a was unclear when the vessel is due to return to schedule.

The 'Humanity 1' arrived at the port of Ravenna on March 2, 2025, after rescuing 71 migrants, including 16 unaccompanied minors and nine women, in the Central Mediterranean. The majority of the migrants came from Eritrea (51 persons) and Ethiopia (nine persons). The rest were from Nigeria, The Gambia, Sudan, Cameroon, Benin, the Ivory Coast, Niger, Mali, and Togo. The group included 46 men, 16 unaccompanied minors and nine women. Among them were three families. 50 people were transferred to nearby Bologna, 80 kilometers inland from Ravenna; the others will stay in Ravenna. The migrants had been rescued on Feb 24 from a rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean over 1,600 kilometers away from the port of Ravenna. Some survivors had burns caused by fuel; some said they were tortured in Libya and show visible signs of it. Some survivors were suffering from pulmonary infections. The NGO had asked the Italian authorities to assign them a closer port, citing the mental and physical health of the survivors on board the 'Humanity 1' and worsening weather conditions, but their request had not been granted. Report with photo: https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/63181/italy-71-migrants-disembark-from-rescue-ship-humanity-1

A group of 25 fishermen was rescued after escaping a fire and the subsequent sinking of the 'Arkos 1 Chiapas' on Feb 21, 2025, while working off the Pacific coast of Chiapas. The fire started in the fishing net and spread rapidly to the stern, forcing the crew to abandon the ship using auxiliary boats and thus manage to get to safety before it sank. The 25 castaways were rescued by the Coast Guard aboard the 'Nair' and landed at the dock in Puerto Chiapas, where Naval Health personnel performed medical assessments and determined that they were all in good health. The fishing company in Chiapas has not yet disclosed the causes of the fire or the exact location of the incident.