A ferry accident at the port of the island of Mykonos short after 12 noon on Thursday triggered panic among boarding passengers, with suitcases and a baby stroller to have fallen into the sea. According to a report, a man holding a baby in his arms almost fell into the water …

The captain of a ferry boat was arrested on Friday after a video showed dangerous  incident at the port of the island of Andros, Cyclades islands, on Thursday afternoon. ΤHe arrest followed a lawsuit filed by the driver of a private car. The footage showed a car on the edge …

Coast guard officers on the island of Tinos have detained 14 passengers after a brawl broke out on a ferry sailing to the mainland in Attica. According to media reports, the fight stated when two men swung at each other, with some eyewitnesses reporting that one of the two had …

Five people were injured when ferry SAONISOS crashed into the port of  Folegandros island during the docking procedure on Sunday morning. Strong winds were blowing with intensity of 7 to 8 Beaufort when the ferry tried to dock and it crashed at the harbor light, media reported. According to the …

A prosecutor in Piraeus pressed felony charges against four crew members including the ferry captain for the death of 36-year-old passenger Antonis Karyotis at the port of Piraeus a day earlier. The charges pressed late on Wednesday are for manslaughter as well as for violating articles of Greece’s Maritime Law. …

36-year-old man Antonis Karyotis who was pushed off the boarding ramp by a ferry the crew at the port Piraeus died by inhaling sea water, the coroner’s office said. He told Mega TV that he had also found small lacerations on the victim’s head that were definitely caused while he …

The death of a 36-year-old ferry passenger at the port of Piraeus on Tuesday night is shocking as videos posted on social media show exactly what happened. Crew members of a ferry push the man way, he falls into the water and drowns, while the ferry is sailing away as …

Exhausted firefighters after the multi-day battle with the fires in Rhodes, were seen sleeping on the floor or chairs of the ferry taking them back from the island to Piraeus. The pictures were published by Seasonal Firefighters on Facebook, who complained complained about the travel circumstances during a journey that …

Greece’s coastal shipping companies on Thursday began offering ticket discounts of up to 50% on passenger ferries departing from the ports of Piraeus, Rafina, Thessaloniki and Kavala. The shipping companies responded swiftly after a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis where they were asked to cut transport costs for the …

Dramatic sea rescue of a kitten struggling not to get drown.in Salamina, western Attica, on Monday, It was a crew member of a local ferry boat who heard the kitten desperately crying for help and jumped into the water to rescue the little soul. Without a second thought, with the …

Following citizens complaints and often also outrage over the high ferry prices, the government finally decided to take action and a state minister met on Tuesday with shipping companies in an effort to convince them to lower prices. According to daily ethnos.gr, ticket prices increased by 25%-30% this summer when …

The ferry route Thessaloniki-Izmir linking the city in northern Greece with the Turkish coast will be temporarily suspended after its last winter run on Wednesday, in order to resume its operation in the summer of 2023, Levante Ferries Group said in an announcement n November 30. The suspension became known …

The much anticipated ferry connection between Thessaloniki in northern Greece and Izmir in the west coast of Turkey is launched on Monday, October 10, 2022. Ferry “Smyrna di Levante” sets sail with six itineraries per week Thessaloniki-Izmir-Thessaloniki. The one way trip, from Greece to Turkey lasts 12 hours. The first …

Three ferry services between the island of Thassos and Keramoti were cancelled on Sunday because the captain was drunk. He only allowed to undergo an alcohol test hours later, when he was sober. Three itineraries on Keramoti – Thassos ferry line did nor run after 11:30 on Sunday morning, September …

Powerful winds blowing with intensity of up to 9 Beaufort have disrupted the departure of ferries from the mainland to the islands, especially to the Cyclades group. Ferries were unable to depart the ports of Rafina for Cyclades and Lavrio in south-eastern Attica on Tuesday morning due to rough sea, …

A sailing boat sank in the sea between Oropos and Eretria after colliding with the local ferry Protoporos XIII on Friday morning. The only passenger on the sailing boat, a German national, fell into the water and was rescued by the ferry. The ferry transported the man to the port …

After a break of whole 22 years, the maritime connection between Cyprus and Greece is to be restored again. Cyprus-flagged ferry MV DALEELA a ropax type ship managed will leave the port of Limassol on Sunday, June 9, for the port of Piraeus, expected to arrive after 30 hours. DALEELA …

Two more bodies were recovered from the burnt ship ‘Euroferry Olympia’ on Friday, raising the total of confirmed dead to eight, and leaving another three people unaccounted for. The bodies of the two men were found in the third and second car deck of the ship by a fire brigade …

One more body was discovered by a fire brigade disasters team (EMAK) on the burnt ship Euroferry Olympia later on Thursday, the third in a day. The discovery of the three male bodies raised the number of confirmed fatalities to 5, while another 5 people, truck drivers, are reportedly still …

Rescuers operating on the Euroferry Olympia discovered one more charred body late on Wednesday afternoon. It is the second dead passenger found on the ship, while another 9 truck drivers, are still missing, among them two Greeks. According to media information, the body was detected in an embryonic position next …