Viking Line ferry broke loose in the thunderstorm – Expressen

Viking Line ferry broke loose in the thunderstorm – Expressen

Viking Line ferry Mariella tore the thunderstorm and drove the fairway at Stadsgårdskajen.

Then a Vaxholmsbåt to the rescue.

– We were on our way out when the captain announced that there was a boat “who are in trouble,” says passenger Isaac Engqvist.

Now, can the incident be the subject of an accident investigation.

It was at 13 o’clock as sharp winds got Viking Line ferry Mariella to tear themselves away from their moorings at Stadsgårdskajen in Stockholm. Country aisles was disconnected and the ship drifted out into the fairway with the bow doors open.

– It is extremely to like this happens. The vessel was moored. But such a wind of 30 meters per second toward the outside of the ship creates an enormous power. You can not hedge 100 percent against absolutely everything, says Dan Roberts, Traffic Manager at Viking Line.

ship was and ran for several minutes without getting in once the engines. Crew on Vaxholm boat “Dalarövägen” saw the incident and started towing the ferry. Isaac Engqvist from Markham was aboard Vaxholm boat.

– We were on our way out when the captain announced that there was a boat “who are in trouble.” And we would try to help.

– Technically I do not know what happened, but we drove very close and stood there for a minute, he says.

ropes snapped

Janne Sjöstedt stood at his window and witnessed when Viking Line’s Mariella ran out into the fairway with the visor up.

– Suddenly there appeared a Vaxholmsbåt that lay inside and tried gouge Marinella from the dock, he says.

After a while came a tug on the outside who pushed the vessel towards the port for that it would not run out.

Jan-Olov Franzen would go with the ferry could follow the drama from the dock:

– Strong winds came in from the heights of Södermalm and then I heard a couple of bangs. Then I see how Mariella slides out and spins around one turn.

No damaged

Mariella got help towed in to a cruise ship next door, before she could again go under their own steam.

Viking line is estimated that there were about 200 people on board including the crew during the incident. No person was in the walkway that was disconnected when the ship began to drift and no person was reported injured.

– There were some passengers on board but no one was in the gangway luckily, says Helena Kneck, information officer at Viking line.

What does the bow visor was folded up, drifting

– The ramp to the ship was closed but the visor was open, she says and says that it means that there was no risk of the water would come into the ship, or to any vehicle in danger of being damaged.

After about an hour’s concern was the ship again on the regular place, and 16.30 resigned Mariella scheduled for Helsinki with 1,600 passengers.

accident investigation can follow the

Maritime Administration received the alarm at 14 o’clock on the ship had cut through. The authority has written an incident report about the event that they sent on to the Transport Agency.

– There is nothing that says that the ship unseaworthy and can not go to traffic because of this incident, says Anders Henriksson, technical Experts on Marine, aviation department at the Transport Agency.

The event may still lead to an investigation by the Accident Investigation Board. But the main responsibility for it to be an accident investigation at the Finnish Transport Safety Agency as the ship’s fine-flagged. They are now awaiting an incident report from the shipping company.

– The report investigated ago by Finnish authorities assessing if an accident investigation of the incident is necessary, says Ville Autero, Head of Analysis on Finnish Transport Safety Agency.