Overview
- The electric Schleifähre Missunde III stopped again because a cooling-water pump that cools the inverters for the ferry’s transverse thrusters failed, making two thrusters unsafe to operate.
- After the defective pump was replaced, the Landesbetrieb completed multiple successful test runs and scheduled the ferry to resume crossings at 06:00 on Wednesday, September 16.
- Each outage forces drivers onto an almost 40-kilometre detour and affects roughly 120,000 vehicles and 50,000 bicycles that normally cross between Brodersby and Kosel each year.
- Transport Minister Claus Ruhe Madsen ordered an immediate review of the vessel’s problems at the end of July and asked officials to study reactivating Missunde II or commissioning a new ferry as alternatives.
- The Landesbetrieb says it is working urgently with external repair teams and continuing the ministerial review to identify durable technical and operational solutions for reliable service.