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Engine trouble off Spurn Head
The 'Pride of Bruges', enroute from Hull to Zeebrugge with 98 people on board, suffered problems with its main engines in position 53 30 43.0 N, 000 18 15.0 E, 8.1 miles from Spurn Head on Nov 12, 2020, at 9.15 p.m. A faulty exhaust sensor was identified and replaced, and the ship resumed its voyage, arriving in the port of Zeebrugge on Nov 13 at 9 a.m.
Experienced cooling system failure
Passenger ro/ro Pride of Bruges (31598 gt, built 1987), en route from Zeebrugge to Hull, United Kingdom, experienced cooling system failure, which further caused engine problems and restricted manoeuvrability, in position lat 52 53 52.1N, long 001 37 51.2E, at 0052 hrs, today. Subsequently, the problem was rectified, and the vessel was under way, at 0159 hrs, UTC, today.
Technical trouble knocked out ferry
The "Pride of Bruges" has been struck down by a technical engineering issue and limped into Kingston-upon-Hull several hours late on May 10, 2017, at 8.40 a.m. coming from Zeebrugge. The return sailing at 6.30 p.m. was cancelled. The ship made one more sailing at 9.30 p.m., arriving in eebrugge on May 11 at 1.20 p.m. and heading for Rotterdam at 8 p.m. The ship entered the Keppel Verolme Shipyard in Rotterdam on May 12 at 7 a.m. Passengers were now facing major disruptions as the ferry was expected be out of action until June 5, leaving only the "Pride of York" on the route. P & O chartered the freight m/v "Autobay" for the duration of repairs and she joined the route today with her first voyage to Zeebrugge on May 12.
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