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Barge suffered water ingress
On March 1, 2018, the "Monte Wymper“, 1111 ts (EU-No. 04401350), suffered severe water ingress in the engine room on the Havel at a lock in Brandenburg. The fire brigade was on scene with 20 forces which initially was called to what was thought to have bbeen a fire, but it turned out that it was steam caused by water which hit the hot engine and evaporated. The fire brigade managed to patch the leak with a wood wedge, assisted by the crew. The cause of the leakage was yet unclear, the ship could have hit an obstruction on the bottom or have simply been corroded. The damage had yet to be assessed. German report with photos: http://www.maz-online.de/Lokales/Brandenburg-Havel/Wasser-im-Schiff-Feuerwehr-rettet-Frachter-vorm-Untergang
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