Labor accident kills young sailor aboard Greek ferry; unions call 24-hour strike

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A 20-year-old sailor was killed successful a labour mishap while working aboard the ferry Blue Star Chios, authorities said connected Wednesday.

The unit member, employed arsenic an motor country cleaner, became trapped successful a watertight sliding doorway connected the ground-floor store of the vessel while it was astatine sea. He was taken to Tzaneio General Hospital successful Piraeus, where helium was pronounced dead.

Maritime authorities person launched a preliminary investigation, and the applicable nationalist authoritative has been notified.

Greek seafarers’ unions PEMEN, representing the ship’s crew, and Stephenson, representing marine engineers, announced a 24-hour strike connected the vessel starting Wednesday and continuing until 11 a.m. connected Thursday. The unions said the vessel will stay successful Piraeus larboard until the probe is completed.

In a statement, Blue Star said the “Blue Star household is shocked and expresses its deepest sympathy to the sailor’s relatives,” and added that the institution is afloat cooperating with authorities investigating the circumstances of the incident.