Napoles

The National Police was investigating the death of a man on the 'Nápoles' in the morning of Feb 16, 2023. The deceased is a 65-year-old man, who was found lifeless upon arrival at the port of Melilla. In the absence of performing the autopsy, police sources suggest that it would be a natural death.

The “Nápoles”, which covers the Malaga-Melilla de Balearia line, suffered a collision on March 12 at 03:00 a.m. with the Hongkong flagged container ship “Laust Maersk”, 50688 gt (IMO: 9190743), which was en route from Algeciras to Taranto with an ETA as of March 14, in the waters of the Alboran Sea. One container got stuck next to the port side bridge wing the ferry and it had serious damages at the port side bow. No personal injuries have been reported. The accident has been reported to the Almeria MRCC, and the protocols established for these cases have been activated. The “Nápoles”, which will be replaced by her sister ship “Sicilia”, arrived in Melilla at 06:30 a.m., and after disembarking the passengers, work was now being done to remove the container and assess the damage before the damage will be repaired at a shipyard. Report with photos: https://www.puentedemando.com/el-ferry-napoles-colisiona-de-madrugada-rumbo-a-melilla/

The repair of the "Napoles" in Algeciras will take about four weeks in dry dock. To replace the "Napoles", the shipping company Balearia Eurolineas Co. Ltd. inserted the Maltese ferry "Bahama Mama" (IMO: 9441142) to Algeciras with a capacity for 1000 people and 126 vehicles which will make between three and four rotations between the ports of Algeciras and Tangier Med for the time being. The repair work was completed on Aug 10, and the ship left the port at 10.50 p.m. bound to Tanger Med where it arrived on Aug 11 t 12.20 a.m. and resumed its schedule between the two ports. Spanish report with photo and video: https://www.elestrechodigital.com/2019/08/05/el-napoles-estara-unas-cuatro-semanas-en-dique-seco/