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The 'Lochinvar', serving on the route Lochaline-Fishnish, suffered a technical issue with the aft ramp in Lochaline on the morning of July 3. As a consequence, the scheduled departures at 07:00 a.m. from Lochaline at 07:25 from Fishnish have been cancelled. The ferry resumed its service with the 07:45 a.m. sailing from Lochaline. The vessel was, however, operating single ended until further notice. Vehicles will be required to reverse on or off the vessel.

On July 3, 2025, at noon, the Port Authority of Karystos was informed by the Greek Coastal Administration that following a request from the Unified Coordination Center for Operations and Crisis Management due to a fire n the Municipality of Rafina-Pikermi, the 'Evia Star' could not sail to the port of Rafina. The ship, which was operating the Marmari-Rafina route with 125 passengers and 17 crew members on board, returned to the port of Marmari. The remaining scheduled routes of the ship remained unexecuted.

A fishing vessel located a boat, which was drifting bottom up two nautical miles off Malasmañas on July 3, 2025. The CCS Santaner of Salvamento Marítimo was notified and mobilized the SAR boat 'Salvamar Deneb' to investigate the matter. Once on scene, the crew confirms that it was an auxiliary vessel of the 'Gamecho', which was notified and recovers the lost boat.

On the afternoon of July 3, 2025, the Port Authority of the Argosaronic Gulf was informed by the captain of the 'Flying Dolphin XIX' that an object had possible got entangled in the ship's fins while sailing in the waters of ​​the Piraeus anchorage of a scheduled route from the port of Aegina. The ship sailed safely to the port of Piraeus, where it disembarked 14 passengers, while it subsequently had scheduled routes for the ports of Aegina and Agistri with 16 passengers, who were forwarded to their destination with the company's care. During an underwater inspection by a diver, a crack in the stern of the ship was found. The Argosaronic Gulf Port Guard banned the ship from sailing until the damage was repaired and a certificate of seaworthiness was issued by the monitoring classification society. As of July 4, the ferry was moored in Perama in pos. 37° 58' N 023° 34' E.

On the morning of July 4, the 'Salvamar Draco' rescued the 30 North African occupants, among them one woman and two minors, from a rubber dinghy which had been located 39 nautical miles off Cartagena by the ferry 'GNV Cristal', which alerted Sakvamento Marítimo. The migrants were taken to the port.. The response was coordinated by the CCS Cartagena.