MS Norman Atlantic

The stricken Norman Atlantic ferry is expected to reach the Italian port of Brindisi on Friday as the effort to establish the exact number of passengers who were on board and how many are missing continues.

The first Greek passenger of the Norman Atlantic ferry who was confirmed as dead has now been listed as missing.

Italian authorities said on Thursday evening that Giorgos Doulis was not among the 10 people whose bodies have been recovered following the disaster.

Three Greeks were killed in the Norman Atlantic ferry disaster and another nine are missing, according to the latest figures provided by Greek authorities.

A Turkish woman has been reported as killed in a ferry disaster in the Adriatic Sea, with the Turkish man she traveled with reported missing as searching the ship for more possible dead continues amid stormy weather.

Bad weather in the Adriatic Sea is thwarting efforts to tow a fire-ravaged ferry to Italy, so authorities can search it for more possible dead and investigate the cause of the blaze that killed at least 11 people.

The number of victims of the fire on the Greek ferry Norman Atlantic has reached 13, but rescuers fear the figure might rise.

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Italian authorities sent two helicopters Tuesday to meet a cargo ship believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants after a passenger sent a distress call earlier when the ship was off Greece.

The operation came two days after a Greek-operated ferry caught fire between Greece and Italy with the loss of at least 11 lives, prompting a two-day search and rescue effort.

The fate of 29 Greeks and several other passengers who are thought to have been on board the Norman Atlantic ferry was still not known on Tuesday night as authorities in Greece and Italy attempted to clear up discrepancies regarding the ship’s manifest and the people who had been rescued from the vessel.

A cargo ship believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants headed toward Italy on Tuesday, after telling Greek authorities it didn't require any assistance following an emergency call made by a passenger.

A ferry disaster in the Adriatic Sea may have claimed many more lives than the 12 confirmed dead so far Tuesday as an Italian prosecutor said he expected to discover more bodies on the burnt-out wreck.