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Grounding on the Rhine
In the morning of Sep 26, 2016, the "Kurt Herbert", 1507 ts (EU-No.: 04700760), ran aground on the Rhine at Germersheim within the fairway. Ships could only pass individually. The ship suffered a leak. Several attempts to refloat the ship initially failed. Only after part of the 1400 tons cargo of wire rolls were transferred onto a lighter ship with a special grab the following afternoon the casualty could be pulled off on Sep 27 at 7.30 p.m. and towed to the port of Germersheim. Probably the ship was too heave loaded for the low water level. http://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/ludwigshafen/artikel/germersheim-auf-grund-gelaufenes-gueterschiff-liegt-im-hafen/
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