Video: Ferry ‘Euroferry Olympia’ On Fire; More Than 275 People Rescued

IMO Secretary-General worried overEuroferry Olympia IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim claimed:

” I share my deep problem pertaining to the case entailing the fire onboard the ro-ro Euroferry Olympia, on 18 February, near the Island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea, while en course from Igoumenitsa, Greece, to Brindisi, Italy.

I totally value the initiatives of the search and also rescue authorities of Greece, in addition to neighboring seller ships, for the rescue of greater than 275 individuals and also the continuous job to find a variety of missing out on individuals.

I am distressed to discover of a validated death. I communicate my acknowledgements to all that have actually been influenced by the loss. We are carefully keeping an eye on the scenario as it develops. I expect obtaining the examination record right into this case eventually.”

IMO’s Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and also Equipment (SSE) is taken part in continuous job to lessen the occurrence and also repercussions of fires on ro-ro traveler ships.