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Maas closed for shipping after collision

On the morning of Aug 29, 2025, the inland vessel 'Septimo' (MMSI 244660432), en route from Rotterdam with five crew members on board and fully loaded with 3,200 tons of rapeseed, and the 'Orteo', en route from Schwelgern with pushed barges, were in collision on the Waal near Winssen close to the the Tacitus Bridge. The 'Septimo' was pushed aground. The barge 'VHG 99' remained stuck on one of the vessel's bollards in pos. 51° 53' N 005° 44' E. Another barge had to be retrieved, as it had been detached and anchored between two groins, slightly closer to the Tacticus Bridge of the A50. The Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management partially closed the river at 4:30 a.m. The 'Septimo' was sailing upstream from Rotterdam, when struck by the 'Orfeo', en route from Schwelgern, sailing towards Rotterdam, The bollard was to be welded off, which was expected to take several hours. Shipping was allowed to pass under the escort of the Rijkswaterstaat patrol boat 'P 137' (MMSI: 244059814) on the north bank, one by one, thereby minimizing wave action. At midday, the ships were separated, and 85 waiting vessels were able to continue the voyage after 11 hours. The 'Septimo', which was significantly damaged at the bow, returned to Werkendam, where the cargo was transferred to another vessel, before being repaired at a shipyard. The 'Orfeo' berthed in Rotterdam on Aug 29. Report with photos: https://www.schuttevaer.nl/nieuws/actueel/2025/08/29/stremming-waal-na-aanvaring-vrachtschip-en-koppelverband/

Barge being unloaded in Mannheim port

In the run of Feb 27 the "Orfeo"/"Orfeo II" (EU-No's.: 02336599/02335035;), which had allided with a floating pier in the Rhine port of Mannheim, could be shifted from the accident site at the terminal North in Mannheim into the Rhine port. Once berthed, the container cargo was being removed from the damaged barge which had a hole of two square meters at the port side bow. About 80 forces of the fire brigades Mannheim and Ludwigshafen, the police, German Life Saving Society (DLRG) and Technical Support Work (THW) had been busy the whole day to keep the barge from sinking. The damage was estimated to be in the six-didgit-region. German reports with photos: http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/nachrichten-rhein-neckar/containerschiff-havariert-im-mannheimer-muehlauhafen_18555682.htm https://www.rnf.de/mediathek/video/mannheim-schiffshavarie-im-muehlauhafen/

Barge threatened to sink in Mannheim

On Feb 27, 2018, at 2 a.m. the "Orfeo"/"Orfeo II" (EU-No's.: 02336599/02335035), just after having left Mannheim bound to Karlsruhe, allided with a floating pier in the Rhine port of Mannheim and was suffered a leak of two square meters at the port side bow. The accident happened during a turning manoever at the Interterminal North in the Mühlau Port. The ship suffered water ingress in the foreship which flooded the bow thruster room. Timewise the vessel was threatened to sink on the Rhine. The fire rescue Mannheim was on scene with 50 men and a fire boat to dewater the ship and remove spilling oil from the water. On the whole 80 forces of disaster management, police and divers were on site, as well as the bunker tankerd "Mannheim" (MMSI: 211523940 snd "Bilgenentöler 7 (MMSI: 211506920). At 7 a.m. the situation was stable, as more water could be pumped out than it was pouring into the ship. The crew supported the work of the fire rescue. The "Orfeo" did not carry dangerours goods in its container cargo. German reports with photos and video: https://www.mannheim24.de/mannheim/mannheim-innenstadt-containerschiff-orfeo-havariert-muehlauhafen-feuerwehr-einsatz-9648989.html https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/mannheim-havarie-schiff-droht-sinken-grosseinsatz-feuerwehr-katastrophenschutz-ungllueck-459936 https://www.ffh.de/nachrichten/hessen/suedhessen/toController/Topic/toAction/show/toId/147084/toTopic/schiff-in-mannheim-droht-zu-sinken.html https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/bw/schiffshavarie-in-mannheim/-/id=1622/did=21241434/nid=1622/tujn5d/index.html https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-mannheim-mannheim-containerschiff-auf-dem-rhein-havariert-_arid,1206292.html