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Bridge allision at Untertürkheim
On Feb 7, 2015, around 11.30 a.m. the "Friedrich Götz" carrying a cargo of empty containers allided with a bridge at the lock Untertürkheim on the Neckar at river 186,4. The ship which was underway from Mannheim, where it had sailed on Feb 6, to Stuttgart with a cargo of containers, smashed against the bridge with the wheelhouse which was destroyed. The master suffered cut injuries and a shock and was taken to the Karl-Olga-Hospital in Stuttart after his deckhand had manoevered the vessel to a nearby container terminal in Heidelberg. The damage at the ship was estimated to be around 30.000 - 40.000 Euro. The damage at the bridge had yet to be assessed. German reports with photos: http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.stuttgart-untertuerkheim-schiff-bleibt-an-neckar-bruecke-haengen.0ea17c45-1224-41ae-b590-019403bc2954.html http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.schiffsunfall-auf-dem-neckar-menschliches-fehlverhalten-als-ursache.5d4e127b-579b-4409-bd30-bca87819e32b.html
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