SICILIA

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Oil spill in Malaga

In the night of Aug 15, 2019, the "Sicilia", which operates the Málaga-Melilla line, caused an oil spill during a fuel transfer in Málaga. Between 8.000 and 9.000 liters of fuel oil leaked into the water due to human error. The ship left port on Aug 16 at 1.50 a.m., bound to Melilla.

SICILIA destined for the Baleària-operated Gijon – Nantes/Saint-Nazaire route

Baleària has elected the SICILIA to operate between the Spanish northern port of Gijon and the French Atlantic port of Saint-Nazaire. The SICILIA is one of five vessels that will be converted to take LNG.

MAN PrimeServ contracted to retrofit Spanish operator's ferry to dual-fuel operation

MAN PrimeServ, the after-sales division of MAN Energy Solutions, has won the contract to convert two RoPax ferries from Spanish operator, Baleària Eurolineas Maritimas, S.A., to dual-fuel operation. Sister ships, the ‘Nápoles’ and ‘Sicilia’, are currently each powered by 2 × MAN 9L48/60A main engines, which will all be converted to 9L51/60DF units that will enable running on LNG, MAN said in its press release.