WORLDCHAMPION JET

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Crew member injured in fall on board

On the morning of Sep 3, the Port Authority of Naxos was informed about the injury of a 40-year-old local crew member of the 'Woldchapion Jet', while the ship was sailing from the port of Mykonos to the port of Naxos. The sailor was injured at the left leg, after falling from a low height on an internal staircase of the ship. When the ferry berthed in the port of Naxos, the injured was transferred to the General Hospital-Health Center of Naxos, for medical examinations. A preliminary investigation was being carried out by the Port Authority of Naxos, while the ship sailed for the ports of Ios and Thira in accordance with the provisions of art. 89 of the C.D.N.D. (Composition number incomplete).

Ferry suffered engine damage

On the afternoon of Aug 8, 2024, ,the Central Port Authority of Piraeus was informed about a damage to the starbpard sode turbine of the'Worldchampion Jet', while it was at the entrance of port of Piraeus, performing its scheduled route from Thira on the route to Ios – Naxos – Mykonos – Syros and Piraeus with 990 passengers and 79 vehicles on board. The ferrysailed under its own forces and safely disembarked its passengers and vehicles, while the Central Port Authority of Piraeus banned it from sailing until the presentation of a certificate of class maintenance and a certificate of seaworthiness by the classifier attending it.

Ramp damage in Naxos

On the morning of June 12, 2024, the Port Authority of Naxos was informed that during the departure process from the port on a scheduled route from the port of Piraeus to Syros-Mykonos-Naxos-Ios-Thera and return with 538 passengers on board, the 'Worldchampion Jet' could not raise its stern ramp. The Port Authority of Naxos initially banned the ferry from sailing. After presenting a certificate of class maintenance from the monitoring classification society, it was permitted a single voyage, without passengers, to the port of Piraeus for repairs. The passengers wee forwarded to their destination by the care of the owner company.