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Silver Arrow dock at Utö.
For nearly 40 years, m / s “Silver Arrow” trafficked stretch årsta havsbad-Utö. Virtually every turn, they have been driving the same route.
Now, two of its captains indicted for violating the Act.
– We are dismayed, says one of them in the interrogation.
In nearly 40 years m / s “Silver Arrow” trafficked stretch årsta havsbad-Utö. Virtually every turn, they have been driving the same route.
Now, two of its captains indicted for violating the Act.
– We are dismayed, says one of them in the interrogation.
Äggskären, Mysingen, at Horsfjärden. A protected under the Act. Here is refusal of access to it on the Big and Little Äggskären is a military facility, called avmagnetiseringsstation. Today marks the three yellow dots the area of water which forms the border of the protected area to which unauthorized persons have access.
Here, just inside a couple of dots, the passenger ferry M / S “Silver Arrow” passed several times daily for nearly 40 years.
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– We made a verbal agreement with the Armed Forces in the late 60s. A former Commander said it’s okay as long as it is obvious that it is not carried on any business. Since then we have always done there, says a Uto shipping company’s most experienced commanders.
Now, he stands thus, along with a younger colleague, indicted for crimes against Welfare Act.
– It all has to be seen as a major misunderstanding between the owner and the Armed Forces. For me it has been said that there is an informal arrangement, I just informed me at that stage, so to speak, says his younger colleague.
In the case stands word against word – especially when it comes to three statements:
According to the Swedish Armed Forces has never been any agreement between them and Utö shipping company.
In the Armed Forces, it appears also that strange that a company would have made their ships in the area for 40 years no one reacted because “no employee of dressing would have neglected to report the violations to breach the ban.”
According to the Swedish Armed Forces has also characteristic of the area remained intact, as shipping company employees believe is wrong – the buoys move constantly on the and the yellow flashing light they must bear are often out of order.
As for Utö shipping companies choice of route between årsta havsbad and Utö, it is likely that the shipping company has given prevail:
– If it has always been forbidden to drive there so we have broken the almost 25 000 times, or at least 8 to 14 times a day, says one of the company’s employees in interviews with the military police.
Anyway – in May last year found the defense chose to put his foot down. Three days in a row recorded a ship manager on board HMS “Hearty” to M / S “Silver Arrow” drove inside the actual dots.
The first time, The first of May invited the crew of the “Silver Arrow” to respect the ban. The day after taking the passenger ferry same way and now documented that the Defence Forces. This time the captain of the “Silver Arrow” to know that the incident will be reported.
Two days later breaks the M / S “Silver Arrow” once again access the ban. According to the now indicted captains is done automatically, they have not had any intent to violate any prohibition.
– We have always done this. It goes out of habit. It’s a simple course straight through and a great advantage that we do not need the course change in heavy weather, said the captain when he is interrogated.
Between the lines of the preliminary investigation, it is obvious that the atmosphere between the Armed Forces and the professionals islanders now is frigid. The former perceive that Utö shipping company captains on three occasions violated an access order – while the latter perceive that the Armed Forces has settled into a new, aggressive and intransigent attitude.
When the investigating Military police are calling the shipping company he notes later in questioning the job that he likes to hear people talking in the background calling the military for “fools” and that “crazy young officer” go around around “us engaged in commercial traffic.”
Military Police saw fit to complete its investigation, which resulted in the prosecution now is awakened. Via lawyer Matthias Widlund denies the two accused crimes.
Prosecutor Robert Barre Feldt is on vacation and could not be reached. He has, however, in an interview with DN in July this year said that his understanding is that the Defence Forces streamlined coverage of protected objects around Horsfjärden some years now.
The trial of the two captains is scheduled for March 25.
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