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Ferry suffered engine damage
Onthe early morning of Dec 7, 2024, the Port Authorities of Heraklion, Chania and Rethymnon were informed about a damage to the port side main engine of the 'Asterion II' during the scheduled route from Piraeus to Heraklion south of Milos. The ship sailed under its own power to the port of Heraklion, where it safely berthed with the assistance of two tugs and then disembarked 491 passengers. The Central Port Authority of Heraklion prohibited the sailing of the ferry until the damage was repaired and a certificate of class maintenance was presented by the monitoring classifcation society.
Smelter injured in fall on board
In the morning of Dec 29, 2022 the Port Authority of Igoumenitsa was informed by the Master of the 'Asterion II' about the injury of a 49-year-old smelter aboard the ship en route from Patras to Venice in the morning of Dec 27. The 49-year-old lost his balance in the ship's car deck, resulting in a fall and injury to his left upper limb. He was disembarked and transferred to a hospital for further medical examinations. A preliminary investigation was carried out by the Central Port Authority of Igoumenitsa.
Medevac off Brindisi
On June 21, 2022, at 10.40 a.m. the Port Authority of Brindisi was contacted by the 'Asterion II', which requested the immediate disembarkation of one of its passengers, an Italian woman, aged 66 years old, for an alleged fracture of the left leg. The ship was en route from Igoumenitsa to Venice, and was about 25 miles south of Brindisi. The Port Authority of Brindisi, in contact with the International Radio Medical Center (C.I.R.M.), deployed the patrol boat 'CP 844' and asked the ferry to proceed towards the outpost of Brindisi. At 12.15 p.m. the patrol boat reached the ship about 1,5 miles from the port of Brindisi and took on board the woman who was taken to the port of Brindisi, where an ambulance of the Health Service took care of her at 12.45 p.m. and transferred her to the "Perrino" hospital.
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