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On Sep 2 at noon, the Port Authority of Chios was informed by the Master of the 'Diagoras' that a crew member of the ferry felt unwell. The sailor was transferred to the General Hospital of Chios for the provision of first aid, while the ship continued its planned route to Mytilini, Lemnos and Kavala.

A patient was airlifted to hospital after a medical incident onboard the 'Queen Mary 2' in the Firth of Forth on Sep 1 at around 9 p.m. An HM Coastguard helicopter from Prestwick was circling above the cruise ship south of Kinghorn to conduct the medical evacuation and transported the casualty to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

The 'Venmtura', en route from Santander to Lisbon, requested the urgent evacuation of a 76-year-old passenger 22 nautical miles northeast of Estaca de Bares on Sep 3. The CCS Fisterra of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR helicopter Helimer 204, which hoisted the patient and transferred him to the A Coruña airport, where an ambulance was waiting for further transport to hospital.

Three stowaways were found hiding aboard the ‘Great Sheng Wen’, which was berthed at Paradip on Aug 30, 2024. The ship had arrived with a cargo of coal from Kavkaz, had discharged part of it at Visakhapatnam and continued to Paradip to unload a further 10000 metric tons for the Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India Ltd. The shipping agent Atlantic Global Shipping Pvt. Ltd. Informed the deputy conservator on the presence of the stowaways from Ghana. They had boarded the ship while it was unloading cargo. They were confined on board and prohibited from disembarking. Report with photo: https://indiaseatradenews.com/india-out-of-reach-for-three-stowaways-on-coal-vessel/

On Sep 2, 2024, the 'Spirit of Tasmania' has been forced to turn back to the port of Devonport just 15 minutes into its overnight journey to Geelong due to a medical emergency on board shortly before 8 p.m. The ship headed back to sea once the passenger had been taken off the vessel. The ferry was originally scheduled to arrive in Geelong on Sep 3 at around 6:30 a.m., which was delayed until 8 a.m. The details of the medical incident have not been confirmed publicly.