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Allision in Brunsbüttel
Just after the new southern lock of the Kiel Canal in Brunsbüttel was put back into operation on Jan 16, 2025, the 'Nordic Porto', en route from Wilhelmshaven to Gdynia,was supposed to be the first ship to enter. At 09:07 a.m., however, it allided with the central control unit of the new lock amid thick fog in the outer port. The force of the impact was so great that steel dolphins were bent and the friction timbers were torn from their anchorages. As a result, the floating fenders of the tail unit drifted through the outer port. The dolphins and the lighting installed on them also suffered severe damage. The lock had to be closed again until all the dolphin parts have been recovered. The tug 'Fairplay 54', which had already been ordered to assist, towed the ship to the marine dolphins north in Brunsbüttel for investigations. It has suffered slight bow damage such as abrasions at starboard side. The professional association for traffic ordered a sailing ban until the shiph's technique had been checked. At 3.20 p.m. UTCC, it was allowed to resume the voyage with an ETA at the port of destination as of Jan 17. The lock will remain closed until Dec 17, while two work boats were removing the debris.
Container ship adrift off La Palma
The "Beatriz B" has been drifting for six hours 1,5 miles off the coast controlled by a tug between the Santa Cruz de La Palma pier and the area of Los Cancajos (Breña Baja) on March 18, 2018. The fault occurred in one of the cooling tubes of the main engine in the early morning. The sea initially in the was quiet, although later a little the wind got stronger and caught the ship which was timewise hooked to the tug to control the movement. After engine repairs she managed to enter the port of Santa Cruz de La Palma escorted by the tug at 3 p.m. Spanish report with photo: https://www.eldiario.es/lapalmaahora/sociedad/averia-Puerto-capital-portacontenedores-Beatriz_0_751374940.html
Freighter fined for overshooting sulfur limits
In the morning of Jan 25, 2017, the water police stopped the "E.R. Tallinn“ in the locks of the Kiel-Canal in Kiel. When leaving the port of Hamburg, a measuring station of the Federal Maritime and Hydrography Agency had reported a significant overshooting of the limits for sulfur in the exhaust gases of the freighter. The Federal Office alerted the water police Kiel while the ship was traveling through the Kiel Canal to the Baltic Sea. There is no exhaust gas purification system on board the ship. For this reason, the crew could only use marine diesel oil with a sulfur content of 0.1 per cent. The fuel now used by the crew was now to be investigated. The policemen therefore inspected oil samples and checked the data and diaries of the engine. The prosecutor in Kiel ordered a security fine of € 5,000. A criminal complaint against the responsible members of the crew was made in the lock. After the end of the inspection and the deposit of the safety performance the "E.R. Tallinn" was allowed to continue the voyage to Copenhagen.
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