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On May 30, 2025, at noon, the Port Authority of Chios was informed by the JJRCC of the Greek Coast Guard, that the 'Mohsen' had suffered a mechanical failure while sailing three nautical miles northeast of Psara, en route from Dikili to Durres with 13 crew members on board. The local emergency plan was immediately activated and a patrol boat of the Coast Guard, a lifeboat and the 'Michalis S' of the Greek Navy were dispatched to the area. The 'Mohsen' was initially towed by another ship and then the tow was taken over by the “Michalis S”, escorted by the lifeboat. The ship was safely moored at the anchorage of the port of Chios in pos. 38° 23' N 026° 09' E, where it remained stationary as of June 2. The Central Port Authority of Chios banned the ship from sailing until the damage was repaired and a certificate of class maintenance was presented by the monitoring classification society. Administrative sanctions were imposed, because the Master of the ship did not inform the Port Authority about the mechanical damage, as he was required to do.

The 'Margaret Norvell' rescued a mariner in distress on May 30, 2025,, after his vessel capsized approximately eight miles northwest of Freeport, Bahamas. The 23-year-old man was transported to Bahamian authorities in Freeport with no reported injuries. A friend of the mariner called Coast Guard Seventh District watchstanders on May 29 at 9:10 p.m., to report him overdue on his voyage from Lantana, Florida to Freeport. Watchstanders also coordinated the launch of an Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew. Report with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4201675/coast-guard-rescues-boater-from-capsized-vessel-near-freeport-bahamas/

On the morning of May 31, 2025, the Port Authority of Tinos was informed that the 'Ekaterini P', which was operating a scheduled route from the port of Naxos to Mykonos-Tinos-Rafina with 75 passengers, 13 vehicles, five motorcycles, four trucks and 48 crew members on board, an aground at the pier of the outer port of Tinos during the mooring operations. The passengers and vehicles destined for Rafina were forwarded with the company's care. The incident caused no injuries, and no marine pollution was observed and no water ingress was reported. The Port Authority of Tinos granted the ship permission to carry out a single voyage, without passengers on board to Rafina, where it was initially banned from sailing by the Port Authority. After the presentation of a certificate of class maintenance from the monitoring classification society, the sailing ban was lifted.

The 'Petrel (WPB-87350)' interdicted 16 migrants aboard the 25-foot sailboat 'Quarter Moon', homeported in San Diego, approximately 54 miles southwest, off Point Loma, on MAy 31, 2025. A C-130 aircraft from Air Station Sacramento was able to vector in the location of the sailing vessel to the crew of the 'Petrel'. The cutter launched a boarding team and was able to interdict the vessel without any use of force and found 16 people aboard the vessel, all claiming Mexican nationality. They were transferred to the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol at Ballast Point, on the afternoon. Report with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4202599/coast-guard-interdicts-16-migrants-off-the-coast-of-point-loma/

On the afternoon of June 1, 2025,, the Port Authority of the Argosaronic Gulf was informed by the Captain of the 'FD Athina', that after the safe arrival at the port of Piraeus en route from the ports of Agistri and Aegina, a water leak had occurred in the starboard main engine cover. The Argosaronic Gulf Port Watch of the Central Port Authority of Piraeus initially banned the departure of the hydrpfoil. Upon the presentation of a certificate of class maintenance from the monitoring classification society, it was allowed to continue its scheduled sailings.