Greece

A ferry boat with 190 passengers on board ran aground off Santorini island in the Aegean Sea early on May 3, the Greek Coast Guard said. There was no flooding of the Prevelis but the passengers, wearing life jackets, were...

Greek authorities say a fire has broken out on a ferry boat carrying about 250 people in the eastern Aegean Sea. No injuries have been immediately reported, and it is not yet clear how extensive the fire is. A Merchant Marine...

The disaster involving the sinking of the ferry boat Express Samina on September 26, 2000, off the coast of Paros which claimed the lives of eighty-one people still haunts Greece. The ferry remains at the bottom of the Aegean Sea...

In the wake of increased transmission of Covid-19 in the country due to Omicron, Greece has announced new measures for traveling by ferry on Wednesday. According to the new rules, which apply to ferries on all routes, the unvaccinated must...

On Saturday, July 18, Greek authorities announced that they had arrested six suspects involved with trafficking migrants from Greece to Italy, using sailboats to cross the border. According to officials, members of the trafficking ring had bought at least four...

The Greek government announced on Sunday that it is closing off the country's borders with Albania and North Macedonia and suspending ferry services with Italy in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The adoption of new emergency measures...

Greek authorities announced on Thursday afternoon that the tests on a crew member of the ferry that was being held at Lemnos island with 341 passengers and 77 crew members have come back negative for coronavirus. The ''Blue Star Mykonos''...

Hundreds of passengers on board the ferry boat "Blue Star Mykonos" docked at port on the Greek island of Limnos were quarantined as a precaution after a crew member developed symptoms of coronavirus. According to Kathimerini, the captain reported that...

An extensive search and rescue operation was launched on Wednesday morning in the Aegean Sea. The operation involves a Greek Navy helicopter and private fishing boats in an attempt to locate a man who fell from a ferry boat in...

Ferryboat services between the Greek coastal town of Lavrion, near Athens, and Cesme, near Turkey's Izmir, will begin as of June 2, 2019, according to the Turkish shipping company which will operate along the route. Turkish newspaper the Daily Sabah reports...

The thick smoke in Greece's Eleftherios Venizelos Ferry that caught fire in the middle of the sea is still visible in new emerging images from the port of Piraeus, after the fire fighters managed to get deeper into the...

Hundreds of passengers were safely evacuated early Wednesday from a Greek ferry after a fire broke out in the car deck. The Eleftherios Venizelos, originally bound for Hania, Crete, returned to the port of Piraeus shortly after 0100 GMT, the...

A ferry carrying 255 passengers crashed into the port of Rafina, east of Athens, on Monday morning as it was setting sail towards the Cyclades. The "Flyingcat 4" was grounded in shallow waters. Passengers were evacuated by small boats to the...

The body of a ferry passenger has been recovered by Greek rescue crews from the sea area near the island of Syros. The man, aged around 60, was last seen jumping late on Tuesday evening from the Blue Star Naxos...

Ferry Blue Star Patmos ran aground in early Wednesday morning while entering Ios island in the Aegean Sea, with 205 passengers on board. The vessel suffered hull breach with ensuing water ingress, which said to be small and under control....