The Hellenic Bureau for Marine Casualties Investigation (HBMCI) was recently instituted as the competent body to conduct marine casualty investigations under Greek Law 4033/2011, which implements EU Directive 2009/18/EC as the framework for accident investigations in the marine transport sector.
On April 23, 2022, off the coast of Shiretoko, Hokkaido, contact with the sightseeing ship “K”, with a crew of two and 24 passengers, was lost and a search for the ship found that it sank with the loss of everyone on board