IMO number : 8715259
Name of ship : SILJA SERENADE
Call Sign : OJCS
Gross tonnage : 58376
Type of ship : Passenger/Ro-Ro Cargo Ship
Year of build : 1990
Flag : Finland

Arriving Helsinki from Stockholm via Mariehamn on 16.3.2007.

A week ago Silja Serenade closely avoided a collision with the cargo ship Baltic Bright in the Aland Sea. The cargo vessel had first intersected the course of the ferry from the left at a normal distance. Soon after that, the Baltic Bright lost electric power and with the blackout also lost its steering. Soon after that, the freighter turned 180 degrees, coming directly into the path of the Silja Serenade, which was forced to change her course and pass the cargo ship at a distance of a few hundred meters. A discussion of the case HERE.