Euroferry Olympia
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Builder | Stocznia Gdańska S.A. |
Yard number | B501/03 |
Launched | December 29, 1994 |
Completed | 1995 |
Maiden voyage | 1995 |
In service | June 12, 1995 |
Out of service | February 18, 2022 |
Identification | IMO number: 9010175 |
Fate | Caught fire, 18 February 2022 |
Status | Moored in Astakos |
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Class and type | Hansa-class ferry |
Tonnage | 32,535 GT, 9,761 NT, 11,682 DWT |
Length | 183.00 m (600 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 28.70 m (94 ft 2 in) |
Depth | 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in) |
Installed power | Diesel engine 23,070 kW (30,940 hp) |
Propulsion | Screw propeller |
Speed | 21.3 knots (39.4 km/h; 24.5 mph) |
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The Euroferry Olympia is a Hansa-class ferry operated by the Italian Grimaldi Lines, in service since 1995. The ship operated as Transeuropa in the Baltic Sea by the Finnish shipping company Finnlines until November 2013. The new owner Grimaldi operated the ship in the Mediterranean. On February 18, 2022, a major fire broke out on the ship when it was north of Corfu.
Description
As built, the ship was 183.00 metres (600 ft 5 in) long
History
The ship was a
On November 6, 2007, Transeuropa was placed on the Lübeck–
In November 2013, Transeuropa was sold to Atlantica Navigazione, Naples, Italy. The ship sailed from Travemünde for Malta on November 2, arriving on November 20. It was rebuilt at Valletta to provide accommodation for 576 passengers; the ship's dimensions remained the same, except that the depth was increased to 15.23 metres (50 ft 0 in), and tonnage to 33,588 GT.[3] Renamed Euroferry Olympia, it entered service on the Ravenna–Igoumenitsa–Patras route in January 2014.[2]
2022 fire
On February 18, 2022, at around 4:30 a.m. local time (
The ship was later towed to Astakos to complete the fire-fighting and by 23 March the bodies of the eleven missing passengers had been recovered.[6][7]
The Greek union of lorry drivers (SEOFAE) accused Grimaldi of overloading the ship; the company denied this, stating that passenger numbers were at only 42 per cent of capacity, all 159 lorry drivers had cabins, and overbooking of freight vehicles was prevented. Grimaldi said that it complied with international rules forbidding passengers entering the garage decks while the ship is moving, though an Italian truck driver told RAI that he and many other truck drivers had previously camped in the car deck on the Euroferry Olympia.[5]
The Greek and Italian agencies - Hellenic Bureau for Marine Casualties Investigation (HBMCI) and Direzione Generale Investigation Ferroviarie e Maritime (DIGIFEMA) - commenced a joint accident investigation. At the same time the captain and the two 1st mates were briefly detained to allow statements to be taken.[4][5]
References
- ^ ISBN 1-900839-81-4.
- ^ a b c d "M/S TRANSEUROPA" (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "88300 Euroferry Olympia". LeonardoInfo. RINA. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Papadimas, Lefteris; Amante, Angelo (February 19, 2022). "Twelve still missing after blaze engulfs Greece-Italy ferry". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Passagier nach Brand auf Mittelmeer-Fähre lebend gefunden (Passenger found alive after fire on Mediterranean ferry)". Der Standard (in Austrian German). Archived from the original on March 16, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
- ^ "Ninth body recovered from smoldering Euroferry Olympia | eKathimerini.com". Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ "Euroferry Olympia: Εντοπίστηκαν δύο σοροί εντός του πλοίου (Euroferry Olympia: Two bodies found inside the ship)". huffingtonpost.gr (in Greek). March 23, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.