Finnish Ferry Captain Raises Lack of Security of Viking line & Silja Line Ferries

HELSINKI - Jan. 14, 2017 - PRLog -- Sea Captain worried about the safety of ships: "We no longer live best of all worlds"

Tuesday 27.12.2016 at 11.04

The Swedish Ship's captain would like to ship trips or better security controls.

Boat Tours security arrangements are still far from the respective airports.

IL's interview with the captain of the free access to passenger ships without security checks can be a threat to safe travel.

Sea Captain Stefan Karell is concerned about the safety of ships.

Sea Captain Stefan Karell is concerned about the safety of ships. (JUHA Brother Jones)

11 years, Viking Line company operating passenger ships Sea as captain Stefan Karell, 47, says security threats increased in Nordic latitudes and requires passenger ships of the same type as the security checks at airports. Him free access to the passenger cars and ships without security checks can be a threat to safe travel.

- Threats are approaching Finland, too, we do not live longer best of all worlds. Security checks have already been planned in the ports, but it takes time, because of the high cost, he says.

The most problematic and security checks in respect of the most time consuming thing is the car inspection of passenger ferries. For example, explosives and weapons in hiding for cars is easy.

- If all the cars be audited completely, the work should begin hours before departure of ships. It is impossible, and who would pay for all the work, Karell says.

According to him, the shipping company has started already developing a more rigorous screening activities and the new improvements in the safety of travel is coming soon.

- Big changes will be like. Education is increasing and it is repeated at regular intervals. Order Men are a number of ships around the clock, security cameras are everywhere. Ships, may also be security personnel soon heavier weaponry, including protective shields, Karell says.

- New Year cruises are filled with quite a hullabaloo, and alcohol consumption is high. Then the ships all possible security capacity is fully operational, says the captain.

Kokitkin safety foot the bill

Sometimes ships happens to seizures and even death. Karellin according to the ship at the time the helicopter descends. His career has never even applied for helicopter hooligans or fights victims.

- Some years ago there was a near-miss situation. It was the outbreak of gang fighting type of confrontation. Dozens of men fought in the middle of the day and provoked each other. All our order, mieskokitkin cuisines came to calm the fighting, which was stopped, the captain recalls tricky situation.

He has been at the helm of two heavy storm. In January 2005, raged the storm Gudrun, where the wind was blowing 30 meters per second. For the second time on duty hard storm readings were the 2011 Boxing Day.

Cargo from ships passenger ships

Father of five children Karellin road is traveled cargo ships and the liquid tank onboard passenger ships and the current työtempo countries have a week and a week on board.

- I went to Greenland onboard tank three times, European and US ports were also familiar, Karell says.

Viking Line carrying six million passengers per year, and a fleet of seven ships.

Is the largest of the ships, Viking Grace, which can accommodate 2,800 passengers. Karellin skipper Mariella pull up to 2500 passengers. A competing company Silja Line's passenger numbers are greater Helsinki-Stockholm-between, but the Viking Line has a higher Turku-Stockholm route.

Here is link for to the article in Iltalehti.

http://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/201612272200045595_uu.shtml