All 109 passengers were safely evacuated after a ferry ran aground on a reef near the island of Evia, but authorities have launched an investigation into the captain for failing to promptly report the incident.

A ferry captain has been arrested following a harrowing incident in which a car was left hanging precariously off the side of his vessel during boarding in gale-force winds.

The Cyprus-flagged ship 'Daleela' docked the port of Piraeus on Monday, signalling the relaunch of a maritime connection between Greece and Cyprus after 22 years.