WORLDCHAMPION JET

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Ramp damage in Naxos

On the morning of June 12, 2024, the Port Authority of Naxos was informed that during the departure process from the port on a scheduled route from the port of Piraeus to Syros-Mykonos-Naxos-Ios-Thera and return with 538 passengers on board, the 'Worldchampion Jet' could not raise its stern ramp. The Port Authority of Naxos initially banned the ferry from sailing. After presenting a certificate of class maintenance from the monitoring classification society, it was permitted a single voyage, without passengers, to the port of Piraeus for repairs. The passengers wee forwarded to their destination by the care of the owner company.

Propulsion trouble off Keas

In the afternoon of Aug 12, 2022, the Greek Coast Guard was informed by the Master of the 'Worldchampion Jet' that it had suffered a malfunction due to an object being stuck in the water propulsion system, while it was sailing east of Keas. The ship was sailing on a scheduled route from the ports of Thira - Ios - Naxos - Mykonos - Syros to the port of Piraeus with 1171 passengers and 38 crew members on board. It sailed safely to the port of Piraeus. The Central Port Authority of Piraeus banned the ship from sailing until the repair of the damage and the presentation of a certificate of maintenance of class and seaworthiness by the classifier monitoring the ship.

Passenger injured in fall on board

The Port Authority of Piraeus was informed in the afternoon of Aug 29, 2020, about the injury of a 58-year-old passenger of the 'World Champion Jet' during its disembarkation from the ship in the port of Piraeus. He lost his balance resulting in a fall and injury to the upper extremities. Thevictim was transported by EKAB ambulance to the P.G.N. "Attica" for medical examinations. A preliminary investigation was carried out by the First Port Department of the Central Port Authority of Piraeus.