Stena Line forlenger "Stena Lagan" og "Stena Mersey" ved Sedef Shipbuilding Inc

 
StenaLine said:
Yesterday, Monday 29 August, around 12.30 CEST a fire broke out in the cooling container of a truck on car deck onboard Stena Scandica. The vessel was on its way from Nynäshamn, Sweden to Ventspils, Latvia carrying 241 passengers and 58 crew.

The fire was put out by the Stena Line crew, using the extinguishing system on board. The integrity and stability of the vessel were not compromised, but due to the incident the vessel lost power and started to drift slowly off course.

“At Stena Line we always put safety first, which is why we decided to start evacuating the passengers with extra need of assistance as a precaution. There was never any immediate danger, but it is important we are as prepared as possible for any scenario”, says Niclas Mårtensson, CEO at Stena Line.

The evacuation happened in a calm and collected manner, together with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC) and in total 32 passengers were evacuated using helicopter. 26 passengers were taken to Destination Gotland’s vessel M/S Visby, which was on standby close to Stena Scandica. An additional six passengers were taken straight to the city of Visby due to the weather conditions.

“The safety and wellbeing of our passengers and crew have been our focus throughout the event. We do understand it has been extremely stressful experience for our passengers, and I am proud of how our employees handled the situation. I am relieved no one was injured and pleased with how well our safety teams reacted onboard and how the evacuation process were handled according to our management systems”, says Niclas Mårtensson.

At Stena Line, crew on all vessels hold weekly safety drills, practising among other things fire, protection and medical emergencies. In addition, there are also larger drills several times a year, such as mass evacuation of the vessels in cooperation with shore-side authorities, this happens across the network.

Shortly before 21.00 CEST Stena Scandica regained power, thanks to the crew on board and were able to set course for Nynäshamn where she made port at 11:10 CEST. All passengers are well taken care of, and authorities are on the scene to start their routine investigation.
 
Stena Scandica blir nok ute en stund. Stena Flavia erstatter Stena Scandica
inntil videre fra onsdag.
Stena Nordica går inn som erstatter for Stena Flavia.

Dermed mister Karlskrona-Gdynia en ferje, men Stena Estelle har akkurat gjennomført sin første rundtur. Så strekningen lider ingen nød mot hva det vært.
 
Stena Scandica har forlatt Gdansk og på vei mot Ventspils i skrivende stund og planlagt satt inn i rute fra i morgen fra Ventspils.
I følge ruteplanen til Stena så skal Stena Scandica erstatte Stena Baltica fram til 27.12.22.

Skal dem utbedre henne tilsvarende også for å unngå lignende i fremtiden?
 
Bilder fra åpen gruppe på Facebook, når henne er på vei ut fra Gdansk.

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Hun har også fått fjernet passasjer rampen i akter på styrbord side og akter rampe er bygget om samt fått installert muligheten for landstrøm.
 
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