The fast ferry Pinewood of the river de Baleària ran aground yesterday at the 23: 20 at the pier of the port of Dénia without personal injury to any passenger or crew. The fast ferry, which came from Palma and Ibiza, was going to dock at the port. On the ship were traveling 393 passengers and 70 vehicles. All the passengers left unharmed and were evacuated with the vessels of Maritime Rescue, Civil Guard of the Sea, Dénia Practitioner and the tugboat of Baleària. In addition, Salvamento Marítimo will deploy the pollution control barrier early in the morning, although no fuel spillage occurred.
For passengers with a vehicle on board, which could not be disembarked, Baleària It has enabled two buses, one to Valencia and another to Alicante, with stops both in different towns. The shipping company is committed to keeping in touch with these passengers who still have the vehicle on board to inform them when they can pick it up.
The shipping company will relocate customers who had to travel today and in the next few days with the Pinewood of the river on the Dénia-Ibiza-Palma route, on ships Cecilia Payne, Ramon Llull y Marie Curie.
An underwater services company is evaluating the damage recorded in the starboard hull, in order to prepare the ship's refloating plan and transfer it to the port, where it will be possible to disembark the vehicles that remain inside.
Baleària, which from the outset collaborates with the maritime authorities to determine the causes of the incident, regrets the damage caused to the affected passengers.
