The Pont-Aven, one of the ships of the Breton company Brittany Ferries, was diverted to the port of Brest on Tuesday morning, while en route to Plymouth (United Kingdom).
To justify this decision, the Prefecture of Finistère explains that “34 crew members have presented symptoms suggesting food poisoning since last night”, before ensuring that “no passenger is concerned”.
An important emergency device has been deployed in the port of Brest, including an SAMU, sleeping and already on site, which “will organize on board the ship and with the help of the firefighters, the medical examination of the people affected in order to decide of the need for an evacuation to the Cavale Blanche hospital”.
Meal analysis
The prefecture of Finistère adds, in its press release, that “the services of the Departmental Directorate for the Protection of Populations (DDPP) will for their part carry out analyzes of the meals taken by the crew members in order to identify the source of intoxication”.
The company, for its part, “will organize the relief of the personnel affected in order to allow the” Pont-Aven “to reach its destination as quickly as possible”, assure the authorities.