COMMODORE GOODWILL

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Investigation file handed over to Law Officers Department

A complex file of evidence on the collision of the 'Commodore Goodwill' and the trawler 'L’Ecume II' on Dec 8, 2022, has been handed to the Law Officers Department by the States police. A similar file on the Pier Road explosion was to be submitted to the department in due course. Law Officers, overseen by the Attorney General, will examine the evidence and determine if it is in the public interest to pursue criminal charges related to the investigations. Given the size and complexity of the evidence file relating to the collision, it will take some time to consider the evidence. The investigations were entirely independent of the government and officials could not predict when they would conclude. The decision to release reports and findings will be made by the prosecuting authorities at an appropriate time.

Ferry saved single hand sailor

On March 17, 2020, the 'Commodore Goodwill' was involved in a dramatic rescue after saving a man drifting on a capsized dinghy through the Alderney Race. At 11.45am, the ship was sailing five miles east of the northernmost Channel Island, bound for Portsmouth, when its crew spotted the sailor. Upon seeing the man, the crew launched one of its lifeboats and took him on board. At the same time, the Guernsey Coastguard launched the Alderney all-weather-lifeboat which brought the man to shore before he was transferred to hospital. He had been on his yacht when he transferred to the dinghy, which became separated from the main vessel. It was not yet known if the man was injured or how long he was with the upturned dinghy for.

Ferries to be disrupted by new work on vessel

CONDOR Ferries passengers are facing disruption for two weeks this summer when one of its ships goes into dry dock. The freight-only Commodore Goodwill is to be taken out of service between 19 June and 3 July to enable further work to be carried out following a short dry-dock period last autumn. To maintain supply links between the Channel Islands and the UK, the passenger and freight ship Commodore Clipper, which usually operates an overnight service to Portsmouth, will switch to a southerly night-time crossing. Passengers booked onto the Clipper are being contacted and offered a transfer onto the Liberation fast ferry at no extra cost. If they wish, they will instead be offered a full refund. Read more at http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2016/04/29/ferries-to-be-disrupted-by-new-work-on-vessel/#HB2KUF1o22qCT35g.99