World-Prize

The British Accident Investigation Board has been investigating the accident of the 'World Prize' for several days, where a man fell overboard off Skelleftehamn and drowned, He fell overboard when he was preparing for the Swedish pilot to leave the ship, which meat that crew members step over the railing. The ship left Skelleftehamn on Oct 14 and arrived in Klaipeda on Oct 22.

A crew member of the 'World Prize', en route from Mäntyluoto to Rostock, fell 20 metres deep over board approximately 6.5 kilometers from Skellefteå in the Gulf of Bothnia, in water of five degrees and near-zero-degree weather on Oct 14, 2025. The JRCC of the Swedish Maritime Administration was alerted at 8.41 a.m. and launched an SAR operation, in which both a pilot boat, the Swedish Sea Rescue Society and a rescue helicopter from Umeå and two merchant ships participated. The search operation lasted for just over two hours. During that time, however, no one could be located, only a helmet that the missing crew member was believed to have dropped. At 10.57, the rescue operation ended. The assessment was that the person could no longer be found alive. The 'World Prize' dropped anchor off Skelleftehamn in pos. 64° 40' N 021° 27' E, where it remained stationary as of Oct 15. The missing man was a resident of a non-European country, and a report regarding a violation of the Work Environment Act has been filed. The police boarded to the ship and spoken to crew. On Oct 15, the police was conducting diving at the scene. Report with video: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vasterbotten/person-har-fallit-fran-fartyg-utanfor-skelleftehamn