Adler-Baltica

The 'Laboe' was handed over to the company Adler Schiffe on Jan 13, 2023, in Kiel and will serve in Swinoujscie in the future. They already had bought the sister ship 'Friedrichsort' in the past, which is operating as 'Adler Mönchgut' now between Rügen and Usedom. On Jan 16 the 'Laboe' left the berth at the railway station quay, headed to the Gebr. Friedrich shipyard in Kiel-Friedrichsort to be prepared for the new role as 'Adler Baltica', which replaces the 'Princess', which will sail in Hamburg in the future. Report with photo: https://www.kn-online.de/lokales/kiel/kieler-hafenfaehre-laboe-an-sylter-reederei-adler-schiffe-verkauf-IB3R2HMZ67WFTZ3QIKEZMOH7KI.html

The "Laboe" 266 gt (IMO: 8400086), allided with a pier of the Ostsee Quay when leaving the Seegarten Pier in Kiel on Apr 26, 2017, at 8.41 Uhr a.m. The master had suffered a heart attack during the mooring manoever. One more crew member was injured in the accident. By chance two nurses were among the nine passengers on board who immediately treated the men. Both were taken to hospital with two ambulance. The passengers were taken over by the ferry "Strande". The water police Kiel launched an investigation. The ship which had suffered slight damage was taken to the SFK-pier in inner port of Kiel after the accident. Also the pier was slightly damaged and was being surveyed in the run of the day. German report with photo:http://www.shz.de/regionales/kiel/zwei-verletzte-foerdedampfer-laboe-rammt-anleger-id16673996.html

On Apr 14, 2014, at 1 p.m. the "Laboe" was pushed onto the shore of Mönkeberg in the Kiel Bight during berthing manoevers due to the stormy west wind. The ship got stuck parallel to the beach between the jetty and the marina and was unable to come off again. The tug "Falckenstein", also being owned by the Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel, was called and pulled the passenger ferry off at 2 p.m. After first inspections during which no damage was found the ship was able to proceed to its scheduled destination Laboe before returning to the SFK base at Kiel at 4.50 p.m. for further investigations. The "Laboe" resumed its service in the morning of Apr 15 as scheduled.