By order of the Minister of Maritime and Island Policy, Santa Claus Kikilia, are intensifying fire safety checks on shipsespecially, in the garages. It is noted that, yesterday, a fire was encountered in a refrigerator plant (during electrification) in the Garage of the E/C/C “Superfast I”, which had sailed from the port of Bari Italy to Igoumenitsa.

In particular, in the context of the extraordinary inspections carried out on ships throughout the summer period, by the competent ship control sector, additional checks will be carried out both. in the area of active as well as passive fire safety. At the same time, special emphasis will be placed on the familiarization of crews by performing fire safety exercises.

The/c/c ships operating short international vessels between the Greek ports and the ports of Italy are inspected -in accordance with Community law -by authorized Greek and Italian inspectors, twice on a yearly basis, one of which is one of them.