The Helgoland ferry MS “Funny Girl” is floating on the North Sea in Germany with about 200 passengers on board on the way back. There was a power outage, a classic power outage, a spokesperson for the Elbe-Nordsee Waterways and Shipping Authority (WSA) said.
According to the spokesperson, this is not unusual and can usually be resolved using on-board tools. However, not in this case. The ferry was on its way back from the North Sea island of Helgoland to Büsum in Schleswig-Holstein.
Both generators failed
According to the “Hamburger Abendblatt” an electrical switchboard for the engine room no longer worked. This caused both generators to fail, the cooling of the machines and therefore the machines themselves. According to the report, the emergency generator could not supply electricity to the grid.
Tugboat arrived
The shipping company has asked private tugboats to tow the ‘Funny Girl’, the WSA spokesperson said. According to the information, no government smugglers are involved. According to information from the ship tracking service Marinetraffic, tugboats have already arrived at the passenger ship.
No injuries
There were no injuries. The sea was calm and no other ships or anything were involved in the accident, the WSA spokesman said. The passengers can therefore only disembark after a considerable delay.
Source: Krone
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