Sirena-Seaways

The "Baie de Seine", sailing between Portsmouth and Bilbao, it had to be rerouted on Brest on Nov 8, 2018, at 2 a.m. for the evacuation of a female passenger and her husband. The weather conditions did not allow an optimal operation at sea. The ship thus headed to the port of Brest and moored at an anchorage area in port because reaching the dock was difficult because of the tide. During the day, weather conditions in the Bay of Biscay prompted the ferry company to cancel the crossing to Bilbao. Thus, the "Baie de Seine" returned to the dock at 1 p.m. to land its 280 passengers and vehicles. The ship left for Portsmouth at 3 p.m. with about 15 passengers wishing to re-embark. The others took the road to Spain.

On Apr 04, 2016 at 12:15 a.m. the CROSS Corsen was alerted by the Maritime Medical Consultation Centre (MMCC) in Toulouse after a British passenger of 74 years on board the "Baie de Seine" fell ill and had to be medevaced by helicopter to a hospital. The vessel was 25 miles north of the island of Ouessant enroute from Santander to Portsmouth. A Cayman helicopter was dispatched from the naval air base Lanvéoc Poulmic with a medical team on board which took off at 12:50 and reached the ferry at 1:12 p.m. The passenger was supported by the medical team and then hoisted aboard the Cayman. He was delivered at the hospital La Cavale Blanche in Brest at 2:25 p.m. French report with photos: https://www.premar-atlantique.gouv.fr/communiques-presse/vacuation-medicale-passager-britannique-ferry-baie-seine-large-pointe-bretonne.html

On June 30, 2015 at 4.30 p.m. the CROSS Corsen was alerted by the CROSS Jobourg because a passenger of 51 years aboard the "Baie de Seine" was suffering from abdominal pains, requiring his evacuation. The ferry was 40 miles north of Roscoff enroute to Bilbao. During a conference call between the CCMM de Toulouse, the Medical Mariteim Coordination (SCMM) in Finistère and the CROSS Corsen, the decision was taken to medevac the passenger to the Hospital Cavale Blanche in Brest. The CROSS Corsen alerted a Cayman helicopter of the Navy base in Lanvéoc-Poulmic which took off at 5.21 p.m. with a medical team aboard which was dropped off onto the ferry before the patient was hoisted and delivered to the hospital at 7:30 p.m.