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Finnish company has tp pay four million Danish crowns as compensation aftter bridge allision
The company Ronja Marine Ltd. which owns the "Ramona" has to pay more than four million Danish cowns as compensation to Rail Net Denmark. The ship had allided with the railway Bridge crossing the Limfjord on Mar 28, 2012, which coast Banedanmark 46,6 million crowns. International conventions restricted the company's responsibility to a maximum of eight million. Banedanmark has accepted the amount of four million Crowns. Lawyers had recommended to reach a settlement. Banedanmark believed that the settlement put some responsibility on the company.The "Ramona" had run into the railway bridge due to the strong current before the bridge opened. The bridge was so severely damaged that the entire link span had to be replaced. It took over a year before the new link span was finished and could be installed.
Bridge repair completed more than one year after hit by Ramona
In the evening of Apr 15, 2013, shortly before midnight a 350-ton counterweight was finally mounted on the railway bridge over the Limfjord by the sheerleg "Samson". The installation was delayed as some of the so-called shims which are used to centralize and extend the legs were too thick. A local blacksmith had to produce thinner plates in great haste. The trip of the "Samson" to the bridge therefore started only at 6.10. p.m. At 6.30 the bridge was open so that the "Samson" could sail to the installation site. At 7.30 p.m. the crane with the counterweight arrived at the bridge which had been damaged in an allision by the "Ramona" on Mar 28, 2012. Danish report with photo: http://www.maritimedanmark.dk/?Id=18533
Bridge opening postponed for undefinite time
The re-opening of the Limfjord Bridge which was destroyed by the "Ramona" in an allision in March has been postponed indefinitely. A large number of welds on the new railway bridge was so bad that they have to be welded over. Banedanmark recently found an unusually high number of errors in the welds, so they could not follow the planned schedule. A new date for the opening of the bridge will only be announced when the installation of the bridge is completed and approved and all deficiencies have been rectified.
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