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Cable jammed propeller
In the early morning of May 4, 2024, the Central Port Authority of Piraeus was informed about a cable jamming the propeller of the 'Blue Star 1' in the port of Piraeus. An inspection was carried out by a diving crew, and the obstruction was removed from the ship's propeller shaft. Upon presentation of a certificate of class maintenance by the monitoring classification society, the ship departed from the port of Piraeus with 1229 passengers on board for its scheduled route to the ports of Syros, Patmos, Leros, Kalymnos, Kos and Rhodes.
Adverse weather continues to hamper ferry service
After the 'Blue Star 1', which had hit the central pier of the port of Naxos on Nov 27, with its starboard side stern and continued its scheduled route to the ports of Paros and Piraeus with 523 passengers and 81 crew members on board after being re-certified, on Nov 28 at noon the ferry was unable to disembark the vehicles at the port of Naxos en route from the ports of Piraeus and Paros due to adverse weather conditions despite two attempts to re-approach the port. The ship finally set sail to continue its approved route to Ios and Thira. At the port of Ios, 31 passengers, six vehicles and threetwo-wheelers were waiting to board, while aboard the ship, 39 passengers and eleven 11 vehicles were waiting to disembark.
Allision in Naxos
In the port of Naxos, the 'Blue Star 1, en route from the port of Piraeus, allided with a wharf while manoevering back to its berth in the early afternoon of Nov 27, 2023. During the disembarkation process, it was realized that an ambulance had not managed to get off the ship, as a result of which an attempt was made to re-approach the port of Naxos and an impact was caused. As a result a sailing ban was issued. The ship finally left the port of Naxos shortly after 8:30 p.m. and continued its service on the Thira-Naxos-Paros-Piraeus route. Report with photos: https://www.protothema.gr/greece/article/1440104/sto-limani-tis-naxou-prosekrouse-to-blue-star-1-eglovismenoi-oi-epivates-deite-fotografies/
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