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Tank barge allided with bridge

In the morning of March 23, 2018, the "Synthese 4", 1707 ts (EU-No.: 02326647), allided with a railway bridge over the Rhine-Herne-Canal in Obermeiderich. The top of the wheelhouse was torn off, and the 33 year old master was injured. An ambulance took him to hospital. The unloaded ship was disabled and berthed close to the Gartrop Bridge. In the early afternoon it was taken to a yard for repairs. The "Synthese 4" had been underway from Duisburg to Hamburg at the time of the accident. The canal authority and the police investigated the bridge for possible damages, but it was found safe and sound. The cause of the accident was yet unclear. The bridge has a passing height of 5,5 meters, so the barge may not have taken on enough ballast water or lowered the wheelhouse enough to pass underneath. The barge left the port of Duisburg on March 25 at 8.45 a.m. and berthed in Druten for repairs at 4.40 p.m. German reports with photos: https://www.waz.de/staedte/duisburg/schiff-kracht-gegen-eisenbahnbruecke-in-duisburg-ein-verletzter-id213821415.html# http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/panorama/herne-schiff-kracht-auf-rhein-herne-kanal-gegen-bruecke-bid-1.7098752?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share