C4/​1998M Gen­eral Cargo Ves­sel ms GERDA, Ground­ing Out­side Port of Kotka on 7.4.1998

25.10.2000

The German flagged general cargo ship ms GERDA was on her way from Helsinki to Kotka during the morning of April 7, 1998. A Finnish pilot and the vessel’s master were on the bridge. The pilot was steering the vessel. Both the master and the pilot had taken up their positions. The vessel went aground in the Pirköyri Sound off Kotka at 04:10. Four empty containers fell overboard and ballast tanks numbers 1 and 2 were damaged.