FINLANDIA SEAWAYS

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Investigation report on fire published

On Feb 25, 2021, the MAIB published an accident investigation report in the fire aboard the 'Finlandia Seaways' on April 16, 2018, which following a catastrophic main engine failure that caused serious structural damage to the engine. The vessel’s third engineer, who was on duty in the engine room at the time, suffered serious smoke-related lung, kidney and eye injuries during his escape. The investigation identified that the engine failure and been initiated by the failure of a single component and found that the standard and management of maintenance carried out by the vessel operator’s maintenance support contractor was a significant causal factor. Full report: https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/engine-failure-and-subsequent-fire-on-ro-ro-cargo-vessel-finlandia-seaways-with-1-person-injured

DFDS reviews Belgium-UK-Norway operations

DFDS has reviewed its Belgium-UK-Norway services and will introduce the 1,891-lanemetre FINLANDIA SEAWAYS – withdrawn from Zeebrugge-Rosyth following her engine room fire and immediate closure of the route in mid-April – on a weekly Zeebrugge-Immingham-Brevik-Frederikstad-Halden-Brevik-Zeebrugge rotation.

Ferry under tow to Odense for repairs

The "Finlandia Seaways" has left the port of Immingham on May 17 at 9.20 p.m., being towed by the Dutch tug "Viking" (IMO: 9431903), bound to the Fayard AS shipyard in Munkebo/Odense for repairs of fire damage suffered on Apr 16. It arrived at the Lindoe Shipyard OSS on May 22 at 12.50 a.m. Danish report with photos: http://www.soefart.dk/article/view/603451/brandskadet_dfdsskib_ankom_til_munkebo