REGINA BALTICA

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Birth on board

On July 16, 2022, the 'Regina Báltica' requested the urgent evacuation of a passenger due to childbirth and later of the passenger and her newborn after childbirth. The center of Salvamento Marítimo in Tarragona mobilized the SAR helicopter Helimer 204 which transported both to the Reus airport where an ambulance and a team if Semgencat were already waiting for further care.

Fire in engine room

On Dec 21, 2019, at 9 a.m. a fire broka out in the engine room the 'Regina Baltica' off the coast of Santa Eulària, southeast of Ibiza. Salvamento Marítimo was alerted and dispatched the SAR ship 'Marta Mata' and a tug of the R-Sofía port to assist. An ambulance was sent to the port of Ibiza as a precaution to care for the 55 crew members if needed. The fire was controlled and extinguished very fast, no injuries were reported. The ferry was sailing without passengers from Denia to Ibiza to reinforce the local services due to bad weather. The operator Balearia has readjusted the operation with two other ships. The 'Sicilia' covers the route between Ibiza and Valencia, while the 'City of Mahón' was to connect Ibiza and Barcelona. Both departed with 1,5 hours delay each in the midday hours. The 'Regina Baltica' ship berthed in Valencia on Dec 23 at 9.15 a.m.

REGINA BALTICA,in drydock in Gibraltar

Due to continuing problems with the REGINA BALTICA, which is now in drydock in Gibraltar, Baleària advises that its sailings between Almeria and Melilla will not resume before 8 January.