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The Breskens lifeboat evacuated a sick woman from the "Misida" in the morning of Dec 6, 2017. The "Misida" was on its way from Tilbury to Antwerp. On the North Sea, a woman on board fell ill and the captain decided to contact the Radio Medical Service (RMD) via the Dutch Coast Guard. The doctor advised to take the woman off and take her to the hospital for control. In consultation it was decided to evacuate the woman in the estuary of the Wester Scheldt. At 8.30 a.nm. the lifeboat "Zeemanshoop" proceeded to the spot where the woman was taken aboard the lifeboat via the pilot ladder. In the foreport of Flushing the woman was transferred to an ambulance for transport to the hospital. Dutch report with photo: https://www.knrm.nl/nieuws/knrm-reddingstation-breskens/medische-evacuatie-vanaf-fins-roro-schip

Shippax already reported on 30 July about Stena Line’s plan to increase its freight capacity between Rotterdam (Europoort) and Harwich as of January 2018 by replacing the two current ro-ro vessels with two larger ones. Now Stena Line has announced that also their Rotterdam-Killingholme route will get extra capacity as of January 2018, lifting their overall capacity from Europoort with some 20%. https://www.shippax.com/en/news/stena-to-beef-up-freight-capacity-between-rotterdam-and-uk.aspx

Stena RoRo has reached an agreement with the Finnish shipping company Godby Shipping to long-term charter their three RoRo vessels Misida, Misana and Miranda. The configuration of the vessels is very flexible and they can thus be employed in both the Stena RoRo and the Stena Line networks.