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Medevac off Korsør
A medical emergency occurred on board the "Stena Germanica" on the night of March 25, 2026. An elderly passenger fell ill and had to be taken off the ship during the crossing from Kiel to Gothenburg. A Danish Air Force helicopter airlifted the patient from the ship while it was underway near Korsør in the Great Belt. After receiving initial treatment on board, the passenger was prepared for immediate transport to a hospital in Denmark in consultation with the Danish Navy's Maritime Rescue Service. At 10:35 p.m. the helicopter from Roskilde was alerted. The helicopter crew hoisted the patient off the ship and flew them to a Danish hospital.
Ferry suffered engine trouble
The ' Stena Germanica' arrived in Kiel more than one hour behind schedule on Sep 18, 2025, at 10.30 am., enroute from Gothenburg. According to Stena Line, the ship experienced technical problems. The ferry was only able to use two of its four engines during the voyage from Gothenburg to Kiel. One needed to be repaired, and another required maintenance. The safety of the voyage was not affected. Passengers on board had already been informed of a delayed arrival on the evening of Sep 17. The necessary work on the ship will be completed on Sep 19, according to the company.
Report: Electrical fault caused death of engineer
Several electrical faults in the engine room probably caused a crew member on the 'Stena Germanica' to die while on duty. That was the conclusion of a report on the incident from the National Accident Commission. On June 27, 2022, the ship engineer died on board the ferry, en route from Gothenburg to Kiel. The Swedish investigators believed that he likely died of electrocution and not natural causes as was initially assumed at the time of the death. The electrical installation work might have been faulty from when the vessel was new but went undiscovered because it did not impact the operation of the systems. The engineer was found unconscious next to a ballast pump in the engine room. He had been looking for a water leak. CPR was attempted without success, and the reports assumed that the death was due to cardiac arrest or similar circumstances, which were listed as natural causes. The investigation however identified that about two weeks later, on July 14, another engineer also looking for the cause of a water leak at the ballast pump received a strong electrical shock. Stena hired an electrical company that came aboard on July 15 to investigate the problems in the electrical system, and at the same time reported the incident to the police. They informed the authorities that the first incident which resulted in the death could have been an electrical accident. The investigators reported that the second engineer had leaned forward to feel where the water was coming from when he received a strong electrical shock from a wet solenoid value. At the time, the second engineer was not aware that it was the same position where the first engineer had been discovered. Several different errors caused the component to become energized. A gasket was missing and critically there was no protective grounding on the part. The incoming cables to the solenoid had also been changed which they determined meant that it was energized the entire time the pump was in operation. Because it was outside the ordinary isolated fault system, the problem was not detected. Further, because the value was operating no error messages were recorded. The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority concluded that when the second engineer touched the components looking for the water leak and when he came in contact with the water, he was shocked. They speculated that the first engineer encountered a similar situation leading to his death. The report recommended paying attention to the risks of improperly performed electrical work on board ships. It highlights that only people with the required knowledge of electricity and a ship’s special electrical system should be permitted to work on the systems. They also recommended that Stena review routines for training the crew on accident responses and shortening the time from the alarm till they reach the scene. They also recommend that Stena develop routines for consulting with shoreside medical services in the case of electrical shocks or electrocution aboard one of its ships.
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