FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin In its latest BSAFE case study, Britannia P&I Club presents an incident where a cross-channel ro-ro ferry lost control during departure in severe weather, ultimately grounding after a series of misjudgements. Incident overview Background of ship and voyage details The 30,635 gt ro-ro, built in 1991, is registered under the United Kingdom (UK) flag, and has an overall length of 179.7m. This ro-ro was employed as a cross-channel ferry, making several return journeys per day between Dover, UK and Calais, France carrying a mixture of passengers with cars and freight. RelatedNews NTSB investigation: Towing vessel collides with bulk carrier and sinks Marine lubricants: A hidden seaworthiness risk var jnews_module_21345525_0_6a039044044d4 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21345525","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"827,82,244,201","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":