ASTERION II
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Ferry turned around for medevac
On the early morning of May 27, the Heraklion Port Authority was informed by the Captain of the 'Heraklion II' that a 44-year-old passenger required immediate hospital treatment, shortly after the ship had departed for its scheduled route to Serifos and Piraeus. The ferryreturned to the port of Heraklion,. where the man was disembarked and picked up by an ambulance, which transported him to the Heraklion University General Hospital for further medical treatment.
Ferry suffered bow thruster issue
On the morning of May 8 the Port Authority of Tzelepis was informed about the malfunction of the bow thruster of the 'Asterion II'', which occurred during the mooring operations at the port of Piraeus with 377 passengers 73 private cars, 122 motor vehicles and 10 motorcycles on board. The ferry was safely berthed with the assistance of the tug 'Vernicos Liberty' (IMO: 9417866). Following the repair of the failure and inspection of the ship by a Ship Inspection Team, it was permitted to depart for the further execution of the scheduled route to the port of Serifos and Heraklion.
Ferry suffered engine failure
On the evening of Jan 6, 2026,the Heraklion Port Authority was informed that the 'Asterion II' had suffereed a mechanical failure of the port side main engine ahead of its departure from the port of Heraklion to Piraeus with 70 cars, 50 trucks and 19 motorcycles on board. The Heraklion Central Port Authority initially banned the ferry from sailing. After the presentation of a certificate of seaworthiness from the monitoring classification society, its departure was permitted.
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