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Collision off Rügen

On Jan 25, 2019, at 4 a.m. the cargo m/v "Norvind" was in collision with the "Beate" off Rügen island, about 15 kilometers east of Sassnitz. On scene were SW wind forces of 3-4 Beaufort with snow fall and calm sea. The "Norvind" suffered significant water ingress when being holed at starboard side at the height of cargo hold 1. The captain radioed a mayday and prepared to evacuate the ship. Besides the lifeboats of the DGzRS stations Sassnitz and Greifwalder Oie also a helicopter of Northern Helicopters was alerted by the MRCC and a mayday relay was radioed to ships in the vicinity. The water ingress could, however, be coped with the ship's own pumps. A leak was torn at the height of the water line, the damage underneath the water line was yet unclear. The crew of 10 aboard the "Norvin" and the 13 seafarers on the "Beate" were not injured. Both ships headed to Sassnitz-Mukran port with slow speed, escorted by the lifeboats "Vormann Jantzen" and "Berthold Beitz". The "Norvind" reached the port at 7 a.m., followed by the "Beate" which had suffered only slight damage at the forepeak and docked at berth 7 in Mukran. The local fire rescue was ready to continue pumping water out of the cargo hold of the "Norvind" which had been underway from Sassnitz-Mukran, where she had sailed at 2.50 a.m. to Gdansk. The "Beate" had been underway from Szczecin, where she had sailed on Jan 24 at 10.20 p.m., bound to Bremerhaven with an initial ETA as of Jan 26, 6 a.m. The "Beate" left the port of Mukran again at 3 p.m. on Jan 25 despite its bow damage and headed to Bremerhaven. She entered the port on Jan 26 at 3 p.m. and berthed at the .NTB Nordsee-Terminal. At 9.40 p.m. she continued to Hamburg and entered the Norder Yard in Hamburg for repairs of its bow damage on Jan 27 at 5.45 a.m. She left the yard after repairs on Feb 15 and berthed at the Container Terminal Altenwerder in Hamburg at 9.45 a.m., next being destined for Bremerhaven, ETA Feb 16. The "Norvind" which suffered a hole of 4x4 meters in its hull remained in Mukran. The police launched an investigation against the captain for negligence. He disregarded the right of way accodring to initial investigations. Also the officer at the helm of the "Beate" was subject of investigations as he did not enough to avoid the collision. The damage was at least in the 6 digit-scale. German reports with photos: https://www.lahrer-zeitung.de/inhalt.unglueck-in-der-ostsee-rechts-vor-links-missachtet-frachter-kollidieren-vor-ruegen.680e1f22-0512-431e-b8b1-c0a213975e30.html http://www.kn-online.de/Nachrichten/Panorama/Seenotkreuzer-im-Einsatz-Zwei-Frachter-kollidieren-vor-Ruegen https://www.seenotretter.de/presse/ansicht/news/seenotretter-fuer-zwei-kollidierte-frachtschiffe-im-einsatz/ https://www.svz.de/regionales/mecklenburg-vorpommern/Frachter-kollidieren-vor-Ruegen-Wassereinbruch-unter-Kontrolle-id22390612.html https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/Zwei-Frachter-vor-Ruegen-kollidiert-,frachter610.html

Container ship saved three boaters

The "Wec Sorolla" on Jan 29, 2011, saved three boaters between Gibraltar and Fuerteventura. The ship which is running in charter of WEC-Lines in the Spanish coastal trade, received a distress call in the early morning. At 7.05 a.m. a sinking leisure boat could be located. A rescue boat was lowered and the crew of three taken aboard. They were picked up by a local life boat off Valencia on Jan 30 and taken to port where also the "WEC Sorolla" berthed on Feb 1.