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Crashing transfomer damaged barge

On Nov 20, 2017, at 7.30 a.m. a witness crossing the railway bridge from Pfalzel to Trier-North remarked a broad oil contamination on the northern side of the Mosel river. The fire rescue was alerted to the bridge, and also the fire boat "St. Barbara" was dispatched to Trier-Pfalzel. Short time later the source of the contamination was located - it came from the "Emma", 784 ts (EU-No.: 08043007), which had been damaged during loading operations in Thionville the prevoius day, when a transformer crashed down onto the ship and caused a leak which had to be repaired at the Hans Boost Yard in Trier. During the works the oil-water-mixture had leaked out. The fire rescue laid out oil booms and pulled the barge ashore jointly with the yard workers. During this operation the ship traffic was hampered on the Mosel. After five hours the fire rescue could be stood down. Also the police Trier was on scene for investigations. German report with photo: http://www.volksfreund.de/nachrichten/region/trier/Heute-in-der-Trierer-Zeitung-Schiffsleck-Oelspur-auf-der-Mosel-sorgt-fuer-Feuerwehreinsatz-Update;art754,4737785