The ship was having difficulty mooring due to the gale force winds blowing in the area.
The Hellenic Spirit of ANEK, which was trying to dock at the port of Patras last night, coming from Italy, hit the harbor wall.
The ship was having difficulty mooring due to the gale force winds blowing in the area.
The port in its attempt to tie up, almost collided with a fuel barge on site.
The ship was supposed to depart for Italy, but was eventually grounded.
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The “HELLENIC SPIRIT” safely docked at the port of Patras and disembarked the passengers and vehicles, while executing a scheduled route from the port of Ancona, Italy to the port of Patras with an intermediate destination of the port of Igoumenitsa with one hundred and twenty-eight (128) passengers and one hundred and sixteen (116) vehicles.
The Port Authority put safety boats and R/Ks on standby, while there were no injuries and no marine pollution was detected from the incident.
Inspectors of the Port’s Local Ship Inspection Unit inspected the above vessels and recorded the damage, while the Patras Port Authority, which is conducting the preliminary investigation, prohibited the ships from sailing until the class maintenance – seaworthiness certificates are presented by the classifiers who monitor them.
Source: Skai
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