On 24 November, one day after RG Line informed the public about the purchase of their new ship "Kahleberg", bad luck struck the company. "Casino Express", with 39 passengers and 27 crew members on board, ran aground just outside the harbour of Holmsund near Umeå. At the time of the accident, there were strong south-western winds up to . "Casino Express" got some serious damages that had to be repaired; six days after the grounding the ship was pulled from the reef and then towed to a repair shipyard in Estonia.