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Fire in car deck contained by crew - replacement ferry suffered fire too
On March 5, 2026, a fire broke out in the car deck of the 'GNV Sealand', enroute from Mallorca to Barcelona. The crossing had already started one hour late at around 12:00 p.m. At 5 p.m. the ship's public address system broadcast an emergency announcement, and the crew began evacuating the cabins and gathering the passengers in one area of the ship. About 200 were taken to the bar area. Meanwhile, smoke began to seep through the gaps inside the vessel in the area where they were assembled. Later, the crew reported that the incident originated in deck number 3, where a fire had broken out. It started in an electric vehicle and ended up affecting a cargo truck as well. During the emergency, the ship remained stationary mid-crossing for almost an hour and a half, with the engines off. Once the fire was under control, the ship resumed its voyage and arrived in port around 9:00 p.m. However, the passengers were not allowed to disembark immediately and had to remain in the same common area where they had been confined, where they were given dinner. The passengers were not able to leave the vessel until around 11:00 p.m., when the emergency services that responded to the port had finished assessing the situation. Firefighters and the Civil Guard intervened and filed their report before allowing disembarkation. Due to the incident, the vessel could not be used further, so the passengers were relocated to the ferry 'Golden Bridge'. However, a fire broke out in a refrigerated truck aboard this ship on March 6.
Medevac off Mallorca
On March 31, 2025, the 'GNV SEALAND', en route from Palma to Valencia, requested the medical evacuation of a passenger 45 nautical miles west of Mallorca. The CCS Palma of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR helicopter Helimer 222, which hoisted the patient and transferred him to the helipad of the Son Espases Hospital.
Officer of ferry sent to prison due to omissions causing death of a fisherman
The 2nd Officer of the "Scottish Viking" was sentenced for his role in the death of a fisherman and has been sent to prison. Pasquale Miccio pleaded guilty to a breach of section 58 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 as amended, on March 24, 2016 in the High Court of Justiciary, Glasgow. Ge admitted his actions or omissions were responsible for the death of Daniel McNeil who was a crew member of the fishing vessel "Homeland" on Aug 5, 2010. Miccio was serving as second officer aboard the "Scottish Viking" which was on a regular service between Rosyth and Zeebrugge. He was the navigating officer when the Ferry sailed from Rosyth at 4:30 p.m. At 6:10 p.m., the lookout reported seeing fishing vessels ahead and to starboard and the second officer made a small alteration of course. The lookout continued to point out the proximity of the fishing vessels and at 6:35 p.m., a further slight alteration of course was made. Despite these warnings the second officer made no further alterations of course or speed. The "Homeland" sailed from Eyemouth along with other vessels of the local fishing fleet at around 6 p.m. Joseph McNeil was working on the deck mending a net when, about 30 minutes later, he heard a warning blast from a nearby boat, the Achieve and heard the skipper calling to him on the VHF. He went forward and looked out of his wheelhouse to see the "Scottish Viking" just seconds before it struck. He and his brother managed to clamber onto the wheelhouse roof but the boat went down very quickly. The "Serene y Don" - another local boat - threw Joseph a life ring and pulled him to safety but Daniel could not be found. In the High Court in Edinburgh the judge, his Lordship Lord Bannatyne, on Apr 25, 2016 said that the day had been a dreadful tragedy in that Daniel McNeil had lost his life and his family their son and brother. Miccio as the officer in charge was responsible for the failures and omissions and had failed to take actions that would have prevented the death of the young man. Sentencing him to 12 months in prison, reduced to eight months, the judge said he had taken into account mitigation that there were other contributory factors to the incident and that Miccio had no previous accidents. Captain Bill Bennett, surveyor in charge, for the Maritime & Coastguard Agency said that the case highlighted the need to maintain a proper lookout. He added it also reinforced the need for every vessel to use all available means to determine if a risk of collision exists and to take early positive action to avoid that collision.
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