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Ferry suffered engine damage
The Port Authorities of Poros, Lavrio, Saronikos, Aegina and Piraeus were informed in the morning of March 10, 2024, that the 'Kriti II' suffered a damage to the starboard side main engine on the scheduled route from the port of Chania to the port of Piraeus with 277 passengers and 81 crew members on board. The ferry sailed under its own power at reduced speed to the port of Piraeus, where it safely disembarked its passengers and vehicles. The Central Port Authority of Piraeus banned the ship from sailing until the repair of the damage and the presentation of a certificate of class maintenance by the monitoring classification society. Then was allowed to continue its scheduled route to the port of Heraklion.
Ferry suffered engine overheating
The Piraeus Port Authority was informed in the afternoon of Jan 11, 2024, by the Master of the 'Kriti II' that during a test voyage from the repair zone of Perama to the Saronic Gulf there was an increase in temperature in the No. 4 bearing of the port side main engine upon the return to Piraeus. The Port Authority banned the ship from sailing until the repair of the damage and the presentation of a certificate of seaworthiness and class maintenance by the monitoring classification society. The ship which had been scheduled to depart for a scheduled route to the port of Heraklion at 9 p.m. had to be replaced by another ship which departed at 9:50 p.m.
Engine failure in Piraeus
In the evening of Sep 10, 2023, the Central Port Authority of Piraeus was informed about a damage to the port side main engine of the "Kriti II", while it was moored in the port of Piraeus before its departure in the scheduled route, to the port of Heraklion. The Port Authority prohibited the sailing of the ferry until the damage was repaired and a certificate of seaworthiness was presented by the surveyor who monitors it. The passengers were to be forwarded to their destination by the ship-owning company with another ferry. The ship remained stationary in port as of Sep 12.
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