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Engine trouble en route to Dunkirk

The 'Visby', en route from Roslare to Dunkirk with 109 people on board, suffered an oil leak at the port sode engine drive shaft in position 50 04 14 N, 003 54 04 W, on Dec 5, 2021, at 1.20 p.m. The engine had to be stopped to carry out repairs. Upin their completion, the ship resumed its voyage and arrived in Dunkirk on Dec 6 at 1 a.m.

Ferry had bottom touch

The "Visby" ran aground in the port of Oskarshamn in the morning of July 5, 2019, at 9.15 a.m. with more than 700 passengers on board. The wind blew with speed between 17 and 19 meters per second, and when the ship swung around it got out of the normal turning radius and had a bottom touch. The ferry was able to reach the quay but was sidelined for investigations The hull was examined by divers, who did not find hull damage affecting the operation of the ship. The plan was for the vessel to depart for Visby at 6 p.m.

Small fire on car deck

Shortly after the "Visby" left the port of Visby on July 7, 2016, at 4.30 p.m. a fire started on the car deck. As a precaution the captain decided that the ferry turned back to the harbour where it docked at 5.15 p.m. The ferry was fully booked. The captain informed the passengers about the fire. The refrigeration unit of a cargo trailer was found to be smoking. It was probably a small fire in the unit that was extinguished within short time by the internal fire fighting group on board. At 5.30 p.m. the ferry left the port again after it was checked that everything was okay. The ship reached Nynäshamn at 8.15 p.m. Swedish report with photo: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=94&artikel=6469471