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Damage Caused to Variety Cruises' Callisto Motor Yacht Forces Cancellation of Summer 2017 Sailings

Variety Cruises has been forced to cancel its summer 2017 Iceland programme on the 34-passenger Callisto -- one of the line's eight motor yachts -- due to damage caused to the ship as it refuelled. The ship was repositioning from Panama to Iceland when the incident occurred earlier this month in preparation for the June to September season. No passengers were onboard the ship at the time and despite numerous attempts to determine exactly when and where the incident took place, these details are still unclear. Variety Cruises has revealed that the ship returned to Panama for a dry dock assessment of the damage and to allow repairs to take place. In a statement, the line said: "Callisto suffered a grounding accident during refuelling on her empty (crew only) positioning voyage to Iceland from Panama, and the vessel's stabilizers were severely damaged. https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=7921

Allision in Paros

The "Tocalisto", having 24 passengers on board, allided with the docked pleasure boats "Cyclades Sun" and "Astarte" in the port of Parika upon Paros Island in the afternoon of May 15, 2016. The unmanned yachts suffered serious damages, while the ferry only suffered slight damages. Debris was floating in the port basin after the accident and had to be recovered. The ferry, being used for day cruises, had been unable to stop in time while manoevering in port and hit the moored yachts with its port side. Greek report with photos: http://www.arxipelagos.com/2016/05/%CF%83%CF%8D%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B7-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-callisto-%CE%BC%CE%B5-2-%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B1-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%81/