EUROPEAN CAUSEWAY

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Generator failure off Cairnryan

The 'European Causeway', en route from Larne to Cairnryan, suffered a generator failure in pos. 54 52 25 N, 005 47 38 W, on Dec 29, 2022, at 9.40 p.m. UTC at Loch Ryan. The engineer on board quickly fixed the failed generator, which allowed the vessel to proceed safely into Cairnryan.

Generator trouble off Larne

The 'European Causeway', en route from Cairnryan to Larne with 107 people on board, aborted its approach to enter the port of Larne due to a technical problem with the generator in position 54 52 25 N, 005 47 38W , about 3,5 nautical miles southwest of East Maidens Lighthouse on Aug 10, 2022, at 5 a.m. UTC The crew carred out repair works, and the ship was underway again at 5.30 a.m., arriving in Larne at 6 a.m.

P&O ferry had worst report in last three years in MOU inspection

The 'European Causeway' had the worst report of any passenger ferry inspected in the last three years within the ‘Paris MOU’ zone – the trans-Atlantic inspection area to which the UK belongs, in terms of the sheer number of flaws uncovered. There have been over 1,200 such ferry inspections in that time. The detention by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) had followed the blanket sacking of an estimated 800 UK seafarers on March 17, and the firm’s effort to replace them with cheaper foreign labour. After the problems were raised and addressed, MCA inspectors released the ship on April 8 a The 'European Causeway' racked up 31 “deficiencies” during its inspection – which began eight days after the mass sackings, and continued up until April 8, when the ship was released from its detention. The next highest was 29 deficiencies, uncovered onboard te Nigerian-flagged ferry 'Jireh' during a check at a UK port in November 2019. Out of the 31 deficiencies found on the 'European Causeway', seven were grave enough to impound the ship. > There were nine deficiencies in fire safety; > Eight fell under the heading “certificate & documentation”, including missing certificates for crew and survival/rescue craft; > Four deficiencies under the heading of “labour conditions”; > Two concerning “life-saving appliances” – specifically that “launching arrangements for survival craft” were “not as required”, and that the “marine evacuation system” was “not properly maintained”; > One deficiency relating to “water/weathertight conditions”; > One concerning “propulsion and auxiliary machinery” including “gauges, thermometers etc” which were “not properly maintained”; > One under “emergency systems”, saying the “muster list” was incomplete; > One under the heading “radio communications” saying there was a “lack of familiarity” with equipment; > One under “structural conditions”, saying “closing devices/watertight doors” were “not as required”; > One marked “safety of navigation”; > One listed as “ISM”; > And one listed just as “other”.