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Decommissioned ferry may end as artificial reef
The 'Tijat' remains moored in Šibenik since July 2023, after the national ferry company Jadrolinija has decommissioned the ship, after it served the residents of the islands off Šibenik for 70 years. It was sold to the society Šibenik -Knin to be preserved as a museum. The costs were initially estimated to be 1,2 million Euro, but works did not go ahead, and fundraising failed. Local dive clubs have no proposed to clean the rusting ship of pollutants and scuttle it as an artificial reef and dive hotspot off the island of Tijat.
Collision off Prvić
On Jan 31, 2018, at 6.30 p.m. the "Tijat", enroute from Prvić Šepurina to Prvić Luke, was in collision with the cargo m/v "Plavi Jadran", 127 gt (IMO: 6406244) about 200 meters off the island Prvić at St. Frane. The cargo ship which was loaded with sand sank on a water depth of 20-25 meters within a few minutes. The crew of two was rescued, one of them by the crew of the "Tijata", and the other managed to get to the shore. Both were taken care of by Šepurina villagers. There were no injuries on the "Tijat" too, neither among the crew, nor among the dozen passengers traveling from Šepurina to Sibenik. The accident was now being investigated and the "Tijat" banned from sailing for the time being. According to witnesses the "Plavi Jadran" had no navigation lights on.
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