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Tanker hit bridge
In the afternoon of Jan 29, 2012, the "Soprano" suffered rudder failure on the Rhine at Bensdorf and allided with a piling of the freeway bridge of the A 48. The ship had delivered a cargo of diesel fuel before and was running river downstream when the accident happened at noon. The ship suffered a breach in the hull and berthed in the port of Bendorf for repairs. The fire rescue was on scene with several units. German report with photos: http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/regionales_artikel,-Beinahe-Havarie-Tanker-streift-Brueckenpfeiler-der-A48-bei-Bendorf-_arid,372735.html
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