JOHANN STRAUSS

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River cruise ship close to crashing into freeway bridge

On Dec 12, 2018, at 10.30 a.m. the "Johann Strauss" suffered engine damage and went adrift on the Rhine near Koblenz with 167 persons on board. It was threatened to drift against a pole of the freeway bridge of the A 48 at Bendorf in spite of having dropped both bow anchors. Only meters before crashing into the bridge the disabled cabin cruiser could be taken in tow by the tank barge "Eiltank 19" and was secured. Jointly with another tank barge, the "Tripolis", the ship could be pulled to the quay in Bendorf. One of the tank barges suffered slight damages during the manoever. The water police Koblenz, the fire brigade and the Red Cross attended the ship. Rhine traffic was barred for one hour. After a repair of some hours, the "Johann Strauss" proceeded to Rüdesheim. German reports with photos and video: https://www.merkur.de/welt/schiff-mit-ueber-150-menschen-kollidiert-fast-mit-rheinbruecke-zr-10848034.html [https://rp-online.de/panorama/deutschland/bendorf-bei-koblenz-schiff-mit-166-menschen-kollidiert-fast-mit-brueckenpfeiler_aid-35074113 https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/koblenz/Zusammenprall-von-Hotelschiff-mit-Gueterschiff-Havarie-auf-dem-Rhein-bei-St,koblenz-havarie-gueterschiff-hotelschiff-100.html

Allision on the Rhine

In the late afternoon of Jan 5, 2017, a barge sailing downstream on the Rhine suffered a failure of the bow thruster while trying to turn around at river km 500,1 in order to berth for the night at the dolphins of the Custom Port. Underneath the berth the "Sound of Music" (EU-No.: 02327687), had already moored. Due to the low water level of the river small stones and gravel were sucked into the bow thruster so that it failed during the manoever. The barge hit against the starboard side of the river cruise ship with the bow and dented a part connecting the two upper decks. The barge only suffered scratches. The "Sound of Music“ was underway to the winter lay up in Strasbourg without passengers. She continued the voyage on Jan 6. German report with photo: http://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/117717/3528853

110000 Euro damage in allision

On May 9, 2014, at 7.50 p.m. the "Sound of Music" allided with the wall of the lock Bad Abbach while sailing Danube upstream. When the ship hit the wall, the foreship was damaged on starboard side on a length of 15 meters. The bulwark and hull were dented and four bollards damaged. Three windows were smashed and the hull scraped. Also the bulkhead and concrete wall of the lock suffered significant damaage. The 122 passengers remained uninjured. The damage at the river cruise ship was estimated to be around 100.000 Euro, damage to the lock 10.000 Euro. The police launched an investigation against the Slovakian master. The "Sound of Music" moored off the lock. The owner would decide on May 10 whether the cruise could be cpntinued. The ship was underway from Regensburg via Kelheim to the Main-Danube-Canal.