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Passenger jumped into the water
On the morning of Aug 5, upon the arrival of the 'Blue Star Chios' at the port of Pigadia, Karpathos, a 36-year-old Greek passenger jumped into the water from the deck of the ship. Immediately, Port Authority officials as well as crew members of theferry proceeded to rescue the man,, using life jackets. He was pulled from the water and then taken to the General Hospital of Karpathos for precautionary reasons, where he remained hospitalized. A preliminary investigation was onducted by the Karpathos Port Authority.
Ferry suffered issue with ramp
On the early morning of July 31, the Heraklion Port Authority was informed that during the arrival at the port, the 'Blue Star Chios' suffered a ramp failure occurred. The ferry was operating a scheduled route from the port of Thira with 276 passengers, 35 private vehicles, five trucks and nine motorcycles on board. The Central Port Authority of Heraklion initially prohibited the departure of the ferry. After the presentation of a certificate of repair of the damage and maintenance of seaworthiness from the classification society that monitors it, it was allowed to continue sailing to Sitia-Kassos-Pigadia Karpathos-Rhodes with 364 passengers, 60 private vehicles, 10 trucks and 12 motorcycles.
Ferry rescued 75 distressed migrants from sinking yacht
On June 1, the 'Blue Star Chios', on a scheduled route from Rhodes to Piraeus, rescued 75 migrants, among them 43 men, 14 women and 15 minors, from a sinking sailboat southeast of Karpathos, which had issued a distress call approximately 14.4 nautical miles off the southeastern coast of the island in the Aegean Sea, prompting a swift response from Greek Maritime Authorities. The MRCC of the Greek Coast Guard launched an SAR operation and dispatched a liefeboat. Nearby vessels also responded promptly to the distress alert. The ferry, which was carrying approximately 200 passengers, altered its course and took on board all migrants. No injuries were reported. The migrants were taken to the port of Piraeus. The Central Port Authority of Piraeus, which was conducting the preliminary investigation, identified three of the rescued, all Iranian nationals, aged 27, 37 and 28, as human traffickers. They were arrested for violating article 83 of Law 3386/2005 "Illegal entry into the country", article 25 of Law 5038/2023 "Facilitating", article 45 of the Criminal Code "Abetment" and article 306 of the Criminal Code "Report". According to a statement by the rescued, they set off on the afternoon of May 31 from the wider area of Bodrum, paying amounts of money ranging from 2,000 to 8,000 euros for their transport to Greece. During their transport, the yacht suffered water ingress, resulting in it sinking.
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