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Convoy in another allison
Just after continuing the westbound voyage, the Finnish Eco coaster newbuilding "Eeva VG", 3690 gt (IMO: 9769104), being under tow from Szczecin to Bodewes Shipyard in Papenburg for completion for the Meriaura Gruup, and actually being towed by the "Amon" and the "Moritz" (MMSI: 211118520) as assisting stern tug during the transit of the Kiel Canal, allided with the gate of a lock in Brunsbüttel on Apr 20, 2016, at 2.30 p.m. The convoy was held within the lock for investigations and continued on its way only at 4.10 p.m.
Allision in Holtenau
In the morning of Apr 18, 2016, the Eco coaster newbuilding "Eeva VG" (IMO: 9769104), being under tow from Szczecin to Bodewes Shipyard in Hoogezand for completion by the tug "Amon" with the "Zeus" as stern tug, allided with the tail of the locks of the Kiel Canal in Holtenau upon entering the lock chamer. The master of the "Zeus" could avoid an allision of the bow with the wall and got the ship back under control soon. The hull suffered scrapes above the water line. German report with photos: http://forum-schiff.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23&p=125290#p125290
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