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On the afternoon of Jan 20, 2025, the Port Authority of Chania was informed about a sufficient number of migrants on a beach northwest of Gavdos. Officers of the Port Authority of Gavdos went to the scene where they located 27 people.On the morning of Jan 21, 21 more were identified. The total of 48 people were transferred to a shelter in the municipality of Gavdos, all in good health. Subsequently, they were taken aboard the 'Samaria I', which transferred them to the port of Chora Sfakion and then to a shelter in Agia Chania. A preliminary investigation was conducted by the Central Port Authority of Chania.

The 'Baltic Summer' has been inspected in the port of Vigo after its arrival on Jan 21, 2025, for suspected drugs by agents from the Central Operative Unit of the Civil Guard . Sources from the Armed Institute confirmed that it was an operation that did not take Pontevedra, but Madrid, and that it is linked to drug trafficking. The "Baltic Summer" was esscorted to the port of Vigo for operational purposes without initially having any relation to the city, where it had not planned to stop en route from Guayaquil, making a stopover in St. Petersburg. Report with photo: https://www.atlantico.net/vigo/inspeccionan-puerto-vigo-buque-sospechas_1_20250121-3367027.html

On Jan 21, 2025, the 'Azura', en route from Las Palmas to Santa Cruz, requested the medical evacuation of a passenger 15 nautical miles east of Gran Canaria, while transiting the Traffic Separation System. The SAR helicopter Helimer 202 was mobilized by Salvamento Marítimo and hoisted the patient. He was then transferred to the helipad of the Dr. Negrín Hospital in Las Palmas for medical care on a higher level.

The "Salammbo", of to the Tunisian Navigation Company (CTN), has been detained by the Italian authorities due to irregularities after its arrival in the port of Genova on Jan 19, 2025. On Nov 13, 2024, the Coastguard of Livorn had already ordered the detention of the "Amilcar", also belonging to the CTN. According to a report published on Nov 15, 23 shortcomings had been noted on board, 10 of which were classified as serious, in violation of international regulations on maritime safety. They included problems related to maintenance, the living conditions of workers on board and non-compliance with the necessary certifications. As a result, the ship was deemed not to comply with minimum safety requirements and was forced to remain at the dock until the identified problems were resolved. The General Federation of Transport denounced this as a "recurring scenario and a scandal that has become a symbol accompanying our national institutions, in a disturbing silence and flagrant mismanagement. What is happening is not a simple isolated incident, but the direct result of negligence and mismanagement within the Tunisian Navigation Company. Any attempt at justification or disengagement of responsibility constitutes a new humiliation for the company and for Tunisia". The Tunisian Ministry of Transport should soon provide clarification on the reasons for the detention of the ship, knowing that on Jan 15, the President of the Republic, Kais Saied, held a crucial meeting with the Head of Government, Kamel Maddouri, and the Minister of Transport, Rachid Amri, concerning the precarious situation of the Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation.

On Jan 14, 2025: the 'Prima' was detained in Zonguldak with 22 deficiencies: 1) Certificate & Doc - Log books/compulsory entries Missing 2) Certificate & Doc - Oil record book Not as required 3) Certificate & Doc - Tonnage certificate Invalid 4) Certificate & Doc - Signs, indications Not as required 5) Certificate & Doc - International Energey Efficiency Certificate Invalid 6) Safety of navigation - Charts Not updated 7) Safety of navigation - Monitoring of voyage or passage plan Inoperative 8)) Safety of navigation - Voyage or passage plan Inoperative 9) Safety of navigation - Lights, shapes and sound-signals Not as required 10) Fire safety - Fire fighting equipment and appliances Not as required 11) Fire safety - Fire detection and alarm system Inoperative 12) Fire safety - Other (Fire safety) Other 13) Emergency systems - Emergency lighting, batteries and switches Not as required 14) Emergency systems - Emergency source of power - emergency generator Inoperative 15) Pollution Prevention - Oil filtering equipment Not as required 16) Pollution Prevention - Oil and oily mixtures from machinery spaces Not as required 17) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Gauges, thermometers etc Not as required 18) Cargo Operation incl equipment - Atmosphere testing instruments Not as required 19) Living and working - Electrical Unsafe 20) Structural conditions - Water Level Detectors on Cargo Ships Not as required 21) Life saving Appliances - Lifebuoys incl provision and disposition Not as required 22) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released agaain on Jan 19 and left the port en route to Batumi with an ETA as of Jan 22. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591