Channel ferry doors 'left open'
CJB
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8137618.stm
TransEuropa operates the ferry between Ostend and Ramsgate
Watertight doors on a cross-Channel ferry were regularly left open
while it was at sea, a report has found.
The UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) published its
findings after an engine-room fitter was hurt on the passenger ferry
Eurovoyager.
The fitter was found trapped in a hydraulically-operated steel
watertight door in a machinery space as the vessel sailed for
Ramsgate, Kent, in November.
The operator TransEuropa Shipping Lines said it would not be
commenting.
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Readers may remember the tragic sinking of the Herald Enterprise - a
similar cross-channel ferry - that sank due to the bow doors not being
closed before setting sail.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/8/newsid_2626000/2626265.stm
It appears that nothing has been learnt.
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Emails / Letters / Phone Calls / Faxes / etc. of concern can be sent
to TransEuropa via:
http://www.transeuropaferries.co.uk/html/contacts.html
http://www.transeuropaferries.com/index.php?page=kontakt
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