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Engine failure and bottom touch on Rhine
On Sep 4, 2016, the "Eiltank 10", 1609 ts (EU-No.: 04401310), sailing river upstream having departed from Godorf the previous day with a cargo of bitumen on board, suffered engine failure on the Rhine. The attempt of the master to get the ship back under control and prevent it from going adrift by dropping anchor failed on the rocky river bottom, and the barge touched bottom. Ihen the master managed to start the engine again and gain control over his ship which berthed in the port of Ludwigshafen on Sep 5 at 4 a.m.
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