The ferry “Marco Polo”, which was stranded off the Swedish Baltic Sea coast, has been successfully brought to the port of the city of Karlshamn. Everything went undramatically and according to plan, a Coast Guard spokesman said Thursday. The day before, the ship had been freed from the seabed and taken to deeper waters.
As reported, the ferry “Marco Polo” hit the bottom on October 22 on its way between Trelleborg and Karlshamn. She continued her journey with about seventy people on board, but ran aground again about five kilometers later (see video above).
Since then the ship has been stuck at Hörvik off the Swedish Baltic coast. The passengers and part of the crew were able to leave the ship.
50,000 liters of oil leaked
Although emergency services were able to collect approximately 50,000 liters of oil and oil waste, spilled oil still caused environmental damage. About a week and a half after the accident, the ferry could now be brought to the port of the city of Karlshamn. She had already been freed from the seabed on Wednesday and taken a good nautical mile to deeper waters.
Two crew members have already been fined for shipping negligence.
Source: Krone
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