Port Authority of Karpathos, the Coast Guard Station Diafani on the possible grounding of the M / V "EEMS TRANSPORTER" flag Holland.

 Ν.Κ. Immediately sailed to the sea area Diafani, patrol boat the Coast Guard and the A / K PANORMITIS.  21 in which he was traveling and staff of the Coast Station open where found the grounding of the M / V in shallow, without being tilted, 0.5 miles north of Port Diafani Karpathos.

Said board, carrying out planned route from Turkey to France, laden with 2563 tonnes of steel and a crew of six foreigners, in good health.

Since the grounding was not observed pollution in the surrounding sea area and there was no injury.

The Port Authority of Karpathos, has an immediate personnel readiness and available means for remediation for surgery, if necessary, activating the local plan for dealing with pollution and informed the master of the M / V "EEMS TRANSPORTER" for the obligations of owning company to protect the marine area from pollution.

From Port Karpathos, conducting preliminary investigations, refused to leave the M / V, until the certificate of retention of class from the Classification Society's office.