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On the afternoon of Oct 26, 2025, a weakness - lifting malfunction occurred in the starboard side stern ramp of the 'Goldne Princess' during its departure from the port of Tinos, while carrying out a scheduled route from the port of Tinos to Rafina with 413 passengers, 47 vehicleseight 8 motorcycles and 35 crew members on board. The Tinos Port Authority initially banned the ship from sailing. After the presentation of a class maintenance certificate from the monitoring classification society, the ferry was permitted to depart for the port of Rafina.

Gotlandsbolaget, a parent company of Destination Gotland, has sold the HSC 'Gotlandia II' to Greek buyers. The vessel will operate in the Greek archipelago.The Gotland company informed in February that the company intended to sell or charter out the 'Gotlandia II' after the operator Destination Gotland returned the vessel.

The HSC 'Gotlandia II' which operates the Nynäshamn–Visby and Oskarshamn–Visby route broke off its moorings in the port of Visby in the night of Feb 9, 2020, and drifted with its stern into the port basin. There was no one aboard at that time. The rescue service helped get crew on board the ferry so it could return to the quay. It was still unclear if the ship had suffered damage. An electrical cabinet on the quay was torn off when the ship started to move. The service Visby-Nynäshamn has been canceled in the morning of Jan 10. The ferry Nynäshamn-Visby at 11.25 a.m. was due to depart as usual, Destination Gotland worte on its website. Swedish report with photo: https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=94&artikel=7404409

The "Gotlandia II", having just arrived from Nynäshamn, suffered a problem with the bow thruster propellers on June 29, 2017, off the port of Visby. One of the propellers did not start, and the ship could not enter port as scheduled at 8 p.m. At 9.15 p.m. the problems were resolved, and the ferry could finally dock in Visby.