Your intensive checks continue Coast Guard on regular tourist ships and professional passenger ferries.
After systematic efforts, the competent authorities of the Coast Guard inspected all routes ships throughout Greece, with extraordinary inspections, to verify that ships continue to comply with their airworthiness certificates, which are provided to them by their certification body.
These actions are part of its general policy Ministry of Navigation and Island Policy to ensure the safety of its passengers and crew coastal navigation and the protection of the marine environment.
Of the 660 inspections completed on 22 July (404 inspections on professional tourist vessels and 256 on E/GD/P, E/GO/GD/P, E/G-TAX-D/P and E/C-TAX-D/R), 34 violations were found, the vast majority of them related to issues of marine equipment and fire safety, pollution prevention and ship cargo.
Coast Guard inspectors also imposed a sailing ban in 28 cases until the observations found were remedied, representing 4.2% of all inspections carried out. In addition, the administrative control process of the debtors was initiated and to date 23 decisions to apply fines have been issued.
At the same time, additional inspections of cabotage vessels continue when incidents of breakdowns/damage are recorded, as well as extraordinary inspections to investigate incidents of complaints.