On the early afternoon of Sep 7, the CROSS Gris-Nez was informed that a migrant boat had set sail, and deployed the 'Ridens' to relocate the boat and check the situation in the area. Arriving off the coast of Calais, the people on board the boat requested assistance. The crew of the 'R'idens' launched its semi-rigid and recovered the 65 people on board. They were then dropped off at the quay in Dunkirk, where they were taken care of by shore based rescue services.
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KEFALONIA
On Sep 7 at noon, the Port Authority of Kyllini was informed by the Master of the 'Kefalonia' that while the ship was executing a scheduled route from the port of Zakynthos, a malfunction of a vehicle ramp occurred. The Kyllini Port Authority initially banned the ship from sailing, but after an inspection by the local inspection team and the presentation of a certificate of class maintenance by the monitoring classification society, it was allowed to continuef the sailing with 63 passengers on board.
FOURMENTIN
On Sep 7, 2024, the CROSS Gris-Nez was informed that a migrant boat has set sail off Berck and deployed the 'Jacques Oudart Fourmentin' to relocate the boat and check the situation in the area. At the same time, a migrant on board the boat reported to the CROSS that a person had fallen into the water. The CROSS engaged the semi-rigid of the SNSM station of Berck, the 'SNS 709 Jean Baptiste Fournier' and the Dauphin helicopter of the French Navy based in Le Touquet. The 'SNS 709' located and recovered the conscious person on board who was immediately dropped off ashore and taken care of by the mobile emergency and resuscitation structure (SMUR). At the same time, 57 people on board the boat requested assistance from the patrol boat. About 15 people still on board refused the assistance offered by French resources and continued their journey under appropriate surveillance. Once the rescue was completed, the crew wasinformed that two people had fallen overboard, in order to come to the aid of the first person who fell into the water during the attempted crossing. The patrol boat and the hydrographic vessel 'Laplace', which was in the area then began searching. The CROSS Gris-Nez simultaneously engaged the Dauphin helicopter of the French Navy as well as the helicopter of the air gendarmerie section of Amiens to try to find other people at sea. At the same time, the land patrols of the firefighters and the SNSM carried out a coastline and did not detect any shipwrecked people. After the sector was ully investigated, the maritime prefect of the Channel and the North Sea decided to interrupt the search. An investigation was opened by the Boulogne-sur-Mer public prosecutor's office.
BLUE STAR CHIOS
On the evening of Sep 7, the Central Port Authority of Rhodes was informed by the Captain of the 'Blue Star Chios' that a crew member had suffered a fracture of the metacarpal bone on board the ship. The victim was taken to the Rhodes General Hospital for medical treatment. A preliminary investigation was carried out by the Port Authority of Rhodes.
SUMMER SEA
On the evening of Sep 5, 2024, the Port Authority of Thira was requested by the Greek Coast Guard-Hellenic Coast Guard to provide assistance to a vessel that was in a difficult position 12 nautical miles south of Anafi. A patrol vessel rushed to the scene, as well as the passenger-boat 'Melina' and the 'Summer Sea', which was en route from Maentyluoto to Iskenderun. A Polish sailing ship was spotted, and the 'Melina' took on board the 4 people, among them 23 men, 03 women and 17 minors, and then transported them ato the port of Thira, where they disembarked safely. Two men, aged 25 and 22, were arrested by the Thiras Port Authority, which was conducting the preliminary investigation, as human traffickers, for violating article 83 of Law 3386/05 (Illegal entry into the country), article 25 of Law. 5038/23 (Facilitation) in conjunction with article 47 of the P.C. (Associate), as well as of article 306 of the Civil Code. (Report). The vessel was confiscated.