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The Euroferry Olympia will be towed to the small port of Platis Gialos
Exhausted search and rescue activities at sea. Ten missing
February 22, 2022
The Greek Coast Guard has announced that the fire brigade have announced that the operational possibilities of the activities search and rescue on the ro-pax ship Euroferry Olympia in the location where it is currently located have been exhausted and is therefore the transfer of the naval unit was requested in a safe haven so that these activities can be continued in maximum safety. In turn, the Ministry of Athens' Maritime Activities and Island Policy announced that, in view of the current conditions of the ferry as well as the conditions for moving the ship to a safe port, contacted the company that has assumed the task of managing the incident, activity that the shipping company Grimaldi has entrusted to the Dutch SMIT Salvage, in order to organize the transfer of the ship to the small port of Platis Gialos, on the west coast of Greece.
The Greek dicastery has specified that the transfer and the accommodation of the relatives of the missing at the port of Astakos will come carried out by the Ministry. In fact, there are ten people still missing as a result of the fire that broke out on board of the euroferry Olympia on the night between Thursday and last Friday.
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The Greek Coast Guard has announced that the fire brigade have announced that the operational possibilities of the activities search and rescue on the ro-pax ship Euroferry Olympia in the location where it is currently located have been exhausted and is therefore the transfer of the naval unit was requested in a safe haven so that these activities can be continued in maximum safety. In turn, the Ministry of Athens' Maritime Activities and Island Policy announced that, in view of the current conditions of the ferry as well as the conditions for moving the ship to a safe port, contacted the company that has assumed the task of managing the incident, activity that the shipping company Grimaldi has entrusted to the Dutch SMIT Salvage, in order to organize the transfer of the ship to the small port of Platis Gialos, on the west coast of Greece.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
