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Ferry suffered engine damage

On the morning óf Sep 22, the Port Authority of Kyllini was informed by the Master of the ‘Fior di Levante’ about a mechanical damage to the port side main engine, en route from the port of Poros, Kefallinia, with 79 passengers and 47 crew members on board. The ship sailed under its own power to the port of Kyllini and disembarked the passengers safely. At the port of Kyllini, 82 passengers were waiting to board, who were forwarded to their destination on another ship of the company. The Kyllini Port Authority initially prohibited the sailing of the ‘Fjod die Levante’. Upon the presentation of a seaworthiness certificate from the monitoring classification society, the sailing ban was lifted.

Patient urgently medevaced

In the afternoon of March 7, 2024, the Port Authority of Zakynthos was informed that a 50-year-old patient, who had boarded the 'Fior di Levante' with an ambulance, needed immediate hospital care. The ship, which was sailing from Zakynthos to Kyllini, returned to the port of Zakynthos, where the ambulance disembarked safely and the woman was transferred to the Zakynthos General Hospital. The ship set sail again to carry out its scheduled route.

Engine damage in Poros

The Port Department of Poros of the Port Authority of Kefallinia was informed by the Captain of the 'Fior di Levante' that the ferry would not perform its scheduled route from Poros to Kyllini due to a damage to the port main engine in the morning of May 26, 2023. The Port Authority of Kefallinia initially prohibited the departure of the ship. Following repairs and the issue of a class maintenance certificate by the monitoring classification society the ferry was permitted to sail on the scheduled route to the port of Kyllini.'