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Crew member medevaced in Kavala
On Dec 3, 2025, at noon , the Port Authority of Kavala was informed by the Captain of the 'Panagia Thasou', that a 36-year-old crew member required hospital treatment. The ship had sailed from Prinos, Thassos, on a scheduled route to Kavala. The ferry proceeded to the port of Kavala, where the man was transported by ambulance to the General Hospital of Kavala for further medical examinations and hospitalisation. Following the request of the Captain and approval of the Kavala Port Authority, theship was permitted to continue its route with an incomplete crew (in terms of qualifications and numbers), in accordance with articles 88 and 89 of the Public Maritime Law Code, with 12 passengers, one truck and one motorcycle on board. A preliminary investigationwas conducted by the Kavala Central Port Authority.
Landing platform damage in Kavala
The Port Authority of Kavala was informed that the 'Panagia Thasou' while preparing to depart from the port of Eleftheres to the port of Prinos Thassou with a cargo of 12 drums and 12 persons as attendants of the drums, suffered a damage to its landing platform, rendering it unable to lift and secure it, on Oct 25, 2023, at about 09.10 a.m. UTC. The drums and their attendants were immediately disembarked from the ship. After the damage was confirmed by the Local Ship Inspection Unit, the ship was prohibited from sailing by the Port Authority, until a class maintenance certificate was issued by the classification society monitoring the ship.
Mechanical damage in Thassou
The "Panagia Thassou" moored in the Prinos Thassou Port en route from Kavala due to a mechanical failure of th estarboard side main engine on June 5 at 7.15 p.m. The Port Department of Thassos banned the ferry from sailing until the repair of the damage and the presentation of a certificate of searworthiness by the classification society which is monitoring the ship, and the return to the scheduled route.
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