BREIZH NEVEZ 1

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Mother gave birth to a child during crossing to Lorient

The 'Breizn Nevez I', sailing between the island of Groix and Lorient, had one more passenger when it arrived on the continent on Nov 27, 2024. Having left Port-Tudy at 6:50 a.m., one of its passengers gave birth on board the ferry during the 45-minute crossing. The mother, who was on the island, went into contractions around 3 a.m. and had alerted the emergency services late in the night. She was taken care of by the Groix firefighters who transported her to the port in their ambulance. As the weather conditions were very bad, the CROSS did not send an SNSM launch to ensure the mother's repatriation to tLorient. The ambulance and its team drove onto the ship at 6:50 a.m. The birth took place inside the ambulance during the crossing. Upon arrival at the Lorient ferry terminal, the mother and her child were then taken care of by a team from the SAMU to be transported to the maternity ward of the Scorff hospital. In the morning, the Compagnie Océane got news from the mother of her baby, a boy named Bastien. They are doing well.

Ferry back on the track

The "Breizh Nevez 1", which had been immobilized since February 19, after having run onto a rock at the citadel of Port Louis while serving between Lorient and the island of Groix, has resumed its rotations in the afternoon of June 3. She left port around 2 p.m. The crew had taken over the ferry on May 31 from the the Piriou shipyards on the Keroman naval repair area in Lorient. The following sea trials were successful. The "Saint Tudy" which had replaced the "Breizh-Nevez I" could thus be released.

Ferry relaunched after repair

The "Breizh-Nevez I" was relaunched at the naval repair area of ​​Keroman, Lorient, on May 28 and left the port on May 29 at 80 a.m. All the breaches at the hull and the damage to the rudder have been repaired. Trials at dockside and then at sea were planned until May 30th, before returning to service on June 3rd, the date of the start of a technical stop of the ferry "Saint-Tudy". The ferry had been under repair since February 19 after grounding on a rock at the citadel of Port Louis on its service between Lorient and the island of Groix The files related to the revotorisation have been validated by the Central Safety Commission (CCS) of the ships. After explanation and argument, it was no longer required to perform a stability test, as initially requested.