RIVER CLOUD 2

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River cruise ship slightly damaged during salvage attempt of barge

Coming from Bonn, the Dutch flagged, self propelled barge "Maranta I", 2379 ts (EU-No.:: 02322959; MMSI-No.: 244650780; CS: PH5227), jointly with the barge "Maranta I", 2129 ts (EU-No.: 02323080), ran aground on the Deutzer Plate off the Severins Bridge at Cologne on the Rhine at river km 687 in the early morning of June 25. During an attempt to get off with own power, the lighter pushed by the "Maranta I" was in collision with the "River Cloud 2" after, at 5.30 a.m. the lighter connected to the barge was disconnected, but drifted perpendicular and hit the British river cruise ship. The "River Cloud II", however, only suffered scrapes, while a radar antenna aboard the lighter was bent. The ship traffic was allowed to pass the grounding site with slow speed. Traffic would have to be interrupted completely during salvage work in the foremidday. The river authority Cologne dispatched the dredger ship "Kranvogel" to lighter the cargo of soy.