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Charter to Attica group
The TT-Line have chartered the 'Akka' to the Attica group as a temporary relief vessel on the Ancona-Patras run. The ropax vessel is the former 'Nils Holgersson', built in 2001 by the SSW in Bremerhaven. When the name was taken over by a much larger newbuilding in 2022, the ferrys continued service for the TT-Line as 'Akka' on the routes in the Baltic. It is the name of a wild goose in the famous Swedish fairy tale "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson'. The ship left Travemünde on Jan 27, 2025, and transited the Kiel Canal on Jan 28 en route to Algeciras with an ETA as of Feb 1.
Medevac in the early morning
In the early morning of Juen 11 the lifeboat "Theo Fischer" of the DGzRS-station Barhöft medevaced an elderly Swiss passenger from the "Nils Holgersson“ which was enroute Rostock-Trelleborg. The crew had informed the MRCC Bremen via VHF that they suspected a stroke, and short before 4 a.m. the lifeboat rushed for the ferry as a helicopter transport was impossible. 45 minutes later the lifeboat was alongside. The patient was transferred and treated with first aid during the return trip to Barhöft where an ambulance was waiting. German report with photos: http://www.seenotretter.de/presse/pressemitteilungen-im-detail/article/seenotkreuzer-theo-fischer-holt-schwerkranken-von-ostsee-faehre.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=30&cHash=6858441998f2f47ff51323b7382a00ff
Nils Holgersson returns from repair yard
The "Nils Holgersson" departed from the repair yard in Landskrona on May 24 at 6.15 p.m. and reached Trelleborg short before midnight, where loading operations for the first transit back to Lübeck-Travemünde after the collision with the "Urd" on May 3.
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