SUPERFAST II

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Medevac in Igoumenitsa

The Port Authority of Igoumenitsa was informed in the evening of Aug 12, 2021, that a 50-year-old crew member of the 'Superfast II' which was operating the scheduled route Patras-Igoumenitsa-Bari, was injured inside the ship and needed immediate hospital treatment. The ship sailed to the port of Igoumenitsa, where the man as picked up by an EKAB ambulance and transported to the General Hospital of Filiates. A preliminary investigation was carried out by the relevant Port Authority.

Allision in Patras

In the afternoon of Dec 15, 2018, the "Superfast II" allided with the pier of the new port of Patras upon the departure. It hit it with its starboard side, operating a scheduled service from Patras to Igoumenitsa and Bari with 126 passengers and 56 crew members on board. The ship returned safely to the port, while the Central Port Authority of Patras detained the ferry. After the submission of seaworthiness and class certificates by the relevant classification society the ship was released on Dec 16 at 12.15 a.m.

Superferry 2 broke lose from its moorings in Bari

The "Superfast II" allided with the cruise ship "Mein Schiff 2" in the port of Bari on Sep 12, 2013, around 3 p.m. The bow moorings of the ferry had parted in stormy gusts and the ship drifted against the starboard side of the cruise vessel which suffered a dent. The struck area was evacutated, and repairs were immediately started, so that the ship could leave the port at 9 p.m. and head, as scheduled, for Corfu where it docked in Kerkyra port on Sep 13 at 8.25 a.m. Also the "Superfast II" headed for Corfu with an ETA of 6 a.m. German report with photo: http://www.hna.de/lokales/fritzlar-homberg/hna-leser-fotografiert-schiffsunfall-faehre-rammt-kreuzfahrtschiff-3107905.html