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Cargo Ship that Ran Aground and Almost Hit a House Is Towed Away Five Days Later
- A cargo ship named NCL Salten ran aground early last Thursday in Trondheim fjord, Norway, narrowly missing a house.
- The grounding occurred after the ship's second officer, who allegedly fell asleep on duty, was charged with negligent navigation.
- Containers were unloaded from the vessel ahead of a refloating operation, which took place five days later in the morning hours.
- Ole T. Bjørnevik, who leads the tugboat firm responsible for the refloating effort, reported that the operation "went better than expected."
- The ship was successfully refloated without any injuries or oil leaks and was then escorted to the harbor at Orkanger.
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A man is being held in custody for gross negligence in maritime traffic after the grounding in Klagshamn south of Malmö. – The ship has a cargo that partly consists of dangerous goods, so there are several circumstances here that make me consider the crime to be serious, says prosecutor Adrien Combier-Hogg.
A cargo ship that ran aground in Norway, narrowly missing a house, is being towed to a nearby harbour
A cargo ship that ran aground in a Norwegian fjord and narrowly missed a house, was pulled back into open water and was being towed to a nearby harbour on Tuesday — five days after the spectacular accident.
The Norwegian prosecutors accused the second officer of a negligent shipping vessel after he allegedly fell asleep in service and the ship ran aground, almost crashing into a house. The ship, NCL Salten, ran aground shortly before 6:00 a.m. on Thursday. No oil spills were reported and none of the 16 people on board were injured. Johan Helberg told the Norwegian radio station NRK that he fell asleep during the entire incident and that he only wok…
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