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Incidents, investigations, and safety notices.
A ban on all sailings from the three main ports serving Athens was extended into Wednesday evening as gale-force winds swept the Aegean, disrupting ferry services to the Greek islands.
Grandi Navi Veloci has sold the ro-pax GNV Azzurra for demolition, with a tow to Aliaga in Turkey expected at the end of October, after a June engine-room fire made repairs uneconomic; GNV says the exit does not change its operating plans.
A civil court in Genoa has ordered classification society RINA to pay more than €60 million to around 700 relatives of victims of the 2006 Red Sea ferry disaster, finding its omissions the main cause of the sinking. RINA says it strongly disagrees.
Philippine investigators say improperly stowed cargo including lithium-ion batteries is among the strongest theories for the 9 September fire on the M/V June Aster, which killed 77 people.
The Philippines' Maritime Industry Authority said a large amount of improperly secured flammable cargo was behind the 9 September June Aster fire; administrative charges have been filed against the master.
On day 13 of the search, Indonesia's Basarnas reported 108 survivors, 52 dead and 83 still missing from the 243 people on the manifest of KM Virgo Transport 8.
A fire that began in the cargo hold of the MV June Aster on a Manila–Coron voyage killed 76 people, with 43 survivors and 13 unaccounted for as of 14 September.