Ferry stranded with 300 onboard in Baltic Sea moving again
COPENHAGEN — A ferry stranded in the Baltic Sea for several hours with about 300 people on board was on the move again on Tuesday following a malfunction that sent smoke pouring from the engine room, authorities said.
The Regina Seaways was headed toward its original destination in Lithuania after the crew restarted the main engine, according to the country’s defence ministry.
The ferry, operated by Copenhagen-based DFDS Seaways, was in international waters off Kalingrad, Russia’s Baltic Sea exclave between Poland and Lithuania when the engine stopped working. The Regina was paralyzed for about six hours because of the breakdown.
Smoke triggered the ship’s fire extinguisher system in the engine room, the ferry operator said.