{"id":103681,"date":"2026-06-09T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/103681\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:15:10","slug":"investigation-starts-as-passenger-on-dfds-ferry-from-dover-to-dunkerque-dies-as-vehicles-let-off-ship-in-french-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/103681\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation starts as passenger on DFDS ferry from Dover to Dunkerque dies as vehicles let off ship in French port"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A passenger was killed as cars were being let off a cross-Channel ferry, as maritime officials start the investigation process into the \u201ctragic accident\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The horror incident happened on board a DFDS Seaways vessel as vehicles were being unloaded while it was docked in Dunkerque, northern France.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 2073 1488\" alt=\"The &#x201C;tragic accident&#x201D; happened on board the Delft Seaways ferry. Stock image by DFDS Seaways\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"3ZL10L6TITEGH26NSVST.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.39\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3ZL10L6TITEGH26NSVST.jpg\" alt=\"The &#x201C;tragic accident&#x201D; happened on board the Delft Seaways ferry. Stock image by DFDS Seaways\"\/>The \u201ctragic accident\u201d happened on board the Delft Seaways ferry. Stock image by DFDS Seaways<\/p>\n<p>The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), a UK government organisation, is making preliminary inquiries into the incident, which happened on board the Dover-registered roll-on, roll-off ferry, Delft Seaways, on May 12.<\/p>\n<p>Its list of current investigations states a preliminary assessment is taking place after a \u201cpassenger injury during vehicle discharge from a UK-registered roll-on\/roll-off passenger ferry in Dunkirk, France, resulting in one fatality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>MAIB inspectors have yet to decide whether they will formally investigate the incident, a spokesperson told KentOnline.<\/p>\n<p>The authority said it would not be providing any further information surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n<p>A DFDS spokesperson said: \u201cWe are deeply saddened to confirm that a tragic accident took place in Dunkerque on May 12 on board Delft Seaways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn investigation has been initiated to establish the circumstances, and we are cooperating fully with the authorities and have taken all appropriate measures to support those affected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts and heartfelt condolences go out to the family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of respect for those affected, no further details will be shared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It has not yet been confirmed exactly how the incident occurred and what authorities are investigating.<\/p>\n<p>It is also not known whether the passenger is a British national.<\/p>\n<p>Delft Seaways is one of three sister ships \u2013 including Dover Seaways and Dunkerque Seaways \u2013 built in 2005 for the DFDS line.<\/p>\n<p>They are of Scandinavian design and have multiple dining venues, a cafe, play areas, a shop, a private lounge and facilities for commercial drivers.<\/p>\n<p>The ferries have a capacity of 1,000 passengers, 250 cars and a cruising speed of 20.5 knots \u2013 capable of making the cross-Channel route from Dover to Dunkerque in 1 hour and 45 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A passenger was killed as cars were being let off a cross-Channel ferry, as maritime officials start the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6052],"tags":[18250,6057,6733,6735],"class_list":["post-103681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dfds","tag-accidents","tag-dfds","tag-dover","tag-kent"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116720574771899640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}