ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – Death toll rises to 500 souls offshore Greece – 17.06.2023
More than 500 illegal immigrants from Syria are presumed to have drowned after their fishing vessel involved in the clandestine journey sank in the Aegean Sea offshore Greece earlier this week. 104 survivors were rescued from the sea and 78 bodies were recovered, but have not located any more since late Wednesday, local time. The […]
Coast Guard – Hellenic Coast Guard Ships at Malta in 2006/7.
The Hellenic Coast Guard is the national coast guard of Greece. Like many other coast guards, it is a paramilitary organization that can support the Hellenic Navy in wartime, but resides under separate civilian control in times of peace. It was founded in 1919 by an Act of Parliament (Law No. 1753–1919) and the legal framework for its function was reformed in 1927. […]
Casualties – 4th body recovered from Ropax EUROFERRY OLYMPIA update no 1 – 24.02.2022
On Thursday 24th February, 2022 rescue crews have recovered a fourth body from the ropax EUROFERRY OLYMPIA that caught fire while sailing from Igoumenitsa, Greece to Brindisi, Italy last Friday 18th February. The body was found in the ship third garage, Greek Authorities said, bringing the total number of unaccounted passengers to seven. Earlier authorities […]
Casualties – Fire breaks out on ropax EUROFERRY OLYMPIA with 290 souls on board – 18.02.2022
On Friday 18th February, 2022 around 0224 UTC the 1995 built ropax EUROFERRY OLYMPIA with 239 passengers and 51 crew members while she was on her way to Brindisi Port from the Greek city of Igoumenitsa fire broke out near the island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea. near the island of Corfu in the […]
Casualties – Containership MAERSK LAUNCESTON split HS KALLISTO M 63 in two – 27.10.2020
On Tuesday 27th October, 2020 @ 0740 UTC the containership MAERSK LAUNCESTON collided with Hellenic Navy HS KALLISTO M 63 with the result of splitting her in two while leaving Piraeus, Greece at Saronic Gulf bound to Turkey. The collision incident left 2 naval crew slightly injured and later hospitalised to Athens Naval Hospital and […]
Coast Guard – Hellenic Coast Guard receive New Ambulance Boat LS 1064 – 13.08.2020
On Thursday 13th August, 2020 the Hellenic Coastguard took delivery of the first Viking Norsafe Munin S1200 ambulance boat named LS 1064 specially designed to be fitted with medical equipment to support the Hellenic National Centre for Emergency Care (EKAB) and the Hellenic Coastguard. The Hellenic Coast Guard is the national coast guard of Greece. […]
Drug Bust – Hellenic Coast Guard Seize Libya Bound Ship
The Hellenic Coast Guard intercepted and seized on December 5th a Syrian flagged vessel carrying drugs worth approximately US$113 million. About six tonnes of cannabis and three million amphetamine pills were discovered on board the Dutch built vessel NOKA bearing IMO number 7703015 which was sailing towards Libya when she was seized. The drugs were […]
