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On Feb 23 at 6.15 p.m. the stilts ship "Hecht" pulled the "Herzog Tassilo" off the gravel bar at Thundorf after the second unit had been removed and dredging work been carried out at the grounding site. The shiptrain continued its voyage to Regensburg, and the ship traffic on the Danube was reopened at 7.45 p.m.
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On Feb 22, 2011, at 6.30 p.m. the "Herzog Tassilo" ran aground on the Danube with a cargo of 1600 tons sun flower seeds underway to Regensburg near Thundorf on a gravel bar. Ship traffic was not affected. In the midday hours of Feb 23 the stilts ship "Hecht" was on scene and pulled the vessel off with its dredger. The Danube was closed for ship traffic during the salvage work. German report with photo: http://www.pnp.de/region_und_lokal/landkreis_deggendorf/osterhofen/55122_Schubverband-sitzt-in-der-Donau-fest.html
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