Strong winds, reaching as high as 9 on the Beaufort scale, were keeping morning ferries tied up in many parts of the country, including at Greece’s main port.Strong winds, reaching as high as 9 on the Beaufort scale, were keeping morning ferries tied up in many parts of the country, including at Greece’s main port. As a stormy weather front dubbed Erminio continued to wreak havoc, authorities in Piraeus said all ferry departures were canceled early on Thursday morning and may be given the green light to resume after 9 am, if conditions improve. Ferries were also tied up at Attica’s two other big ports, Rafina and Lavrio, while only conventional ferries were allowed to sail to the islands of the Saronic Gulf, with hydrofoil services suspended until further notice. The sailing ban is also in force at the eastern port of Volos, which connects the islands of the Sporades to the central mainland, and on the Kavala-Prinos route in the northern Aegean. The Rio-Antirrio ferry crossing between the Peloponnese and the western mainland is also closed, according to the Athens-Macedonian news agency.
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