SUPEREXPRESS

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Passenger injured when slipping on board

The Paros Port Authority was informed in the evening of Sep 5, 2019, about an injury of a 24-year-old passenger aboard the "Super Express" after its arrival from Mykonos. The passenger slipped and injured her left leg on the ramp of the ship. She was taken to the Paros Health Center for medical treatment. A preliminary investigation was carried out by the relevant Port Authority.

Engine malfunction off Naxos

On Aug 10, 2019, at noon the "Super Express" suffered a mechanical damage of the port side main engine while sailing from the port of Naxos to the ports of Mykonos, Tinos, Andros and Rafina. The ship shut down the engine and returned to Naxos, where an insppection was carried out which showed a higher temperature level at the engine. The ship was detained by the port authority until a classification certificate was presented. It then continued the scheduled route to Mykonos with 299 passengers and 26 vehicles on board.

Ferry suffered catapult failure, one injured

The"Super Express" which had sailed from Mykonos to Tinos on an approved route from Piraeus to Paros - Naxos - Mykonos - Tinos - Andros - Rafina with 391 passengers on board, suffered a failure of the catapult on July 31, 2019, at noon and was banned from sailing by the Tinos Port Authority until the damage was repaired and a class certificate presented by the attending classification society. The affected passengers and vehicles were forwarded to their destinations with the ferries "Fast Ferries Andros" and "Faros Jet". The Mykonos Port Authority was informed by the captain that a 26-year-old sailor was injured by the ship's breakdown and that the ship would continue its voyage to the port of Tinos where the injured was transported by ambulance tothe Tinos Health Center for first aid. The vessel sailed to Piraeus without passengers same day, where repairs and a class inspection took place.