C9/​2003M Pas­sen­ger Ves­sel ms SPOVEN (FIN), Two Ground­ings off Brändö on 7.11.2003

13.04.2004

The Åland archipelago ro-ro passenger vessel SPOVEN run aground on her voyage from Lilla Hummelholm to Lappoo on November 7, 2003 at 17:45 hours. She ran aground again on November 8, 2003 at 14:40 hours west of Degerby. She got damaged in the second grounding and had to be towed to a dry dock in Mariehamn. The causes of the groundings were poor visibility and the routines in navigation. In the later grounding a contributing factor was fatigue. The master had been up and awake continuously 32 hours before the grounding.