Offending vessels on their way back to Sweden

Almost two weeks ago, the 88-meter-long vessel had problems with the gas controller on its way from Lidköping to the west coast.

Road and train traffic were affected when both the Jordfallsbron and Marieholmsbron were forced to open with an extra margin and maintenance work was interrupted for safety reasons.

When the Swedish Transport Agency was to control the ship, the commander threw the handset. Rix Emerald then left Sweden without permission and the transponder was switched off so that it could not be traced.

In the past, the ship has been on the ground outside Landskrona and been involved in traffic violations.

The Swedish Transport Agency is now planning a port state control, where the commander will be asked.

- Why did he choose to interrupt the conversation with the Swedish authorities and leave, for example, and why was the transponder turned off? But above all, we check the deficiencies that have been discovered before, ”Pekka Piirainen of the Swedish Transport Agency tells the newspaper.