AURORA AF HELSINGBOR

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Woman fell overboard from ferry

A woman fell overboard from the 'Aurora af Helsingör' in the Öresund enroute to Helsingborg from Helsingör on Jan 26, 2024, at 12:44 p.m. Both the Coastguard and maritime rescue were alerted and dipatched boats and helicopters. The crew of the Danish passenger ferry 'Pernille' spotted the woman in the water and was able to pick her up. The woman has now been taken to Helsingör where ambulances were waiting at the quay. Her condition was unclear. The temperature of the waters was 3.6 degrees.

World’s largest battery-powered ferries officially inaugurated

On 9 November, HH Ferries Group officially inaugurated AURORA AF HELSINGBORG and TYCHO BRAHE as the world’s largest battery-powered ferries. The company also announced that the route would be rebranded ForSea, displacing the Scandlines brand and triangle logo.

Small fire on ferry off Helsingør

Shortly after the departure from Helsingør on Nov 27, 2017, at 12.45 p.m. to Helsingobrg a fire was discovered aboard the "Aurora af Helsingborg" in the smokestack. The ferry could return to the dock where the local fire brigade of the Helsingør Kommunes Beredskab attended the ship. The crew at that time had almost completely extinguished the fire. Danish reports with photo and video: https://www.helsingordagblad.dk/2017/11/27/brandalarm-paa-hh-faerge/ https://www.helsingordagblad.dk/2017/11/27/video-brandbiler-ankommer-faerge/