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Casualties – New probe into ferry ESTONIA sinking reveals construction flaws – Jan 2023

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A new investigation into the sinking of ferry ESTONIA that claimed 852 souls in 1994 revealed flaws in her bow visor construction missed during her certification, officials said on Monday 23rd January 2023. Built at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, West Germany as yard number 590 she was launched on 26th April,1980 and in service on …

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Local Shipping – Gozo Channel catamaran VICTORIA EXPRESS

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The Gozo Channel Company Limited, commonly known as Gozo Channel Line or the Gozo ferry is a Maltese company founded in 1979 that operates ferry services between the islands of Malta and Gozo using ropax ships with crossings happening throughout the day all year round including weekends, public holidays, and night services. In 1988 Gozo Channel started operating a new faster service by means of a hovermarine …

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Tugboat – Dutch built VARNEBANK

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The Dutch built tug VARNEBANK was built by Scheepswerven v/h H.H. Bodewes at Millingen, Netherlands as yard number 729 launched on the 20th November 1975 and on the 16th December 1975 she was delivered to the Nieuwe Rotterdamse Sleepdienst (NRS) NV at Rotterdam (NLD flag and call sign as PIEJ). In 1988 she was transferred …

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23 Years since ESTONIA sank on 28 September 1994 claiming 852 lives MS ESTONIA previously VIKING SALLY (1980–1990), SILJA STAR (1990–1991), and WASA KING (1991–1993), was a passenger ferry built in 1979/80 at the German shipyard Meyer Werft in Papenburg as HUll 590. The ship sank in 1994 at the Baltic Sea in one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th …

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