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Barge grounded again after salvage

The "Boom" ran aground for another time in the afternoon of Oct 13 short time after having been refloated on the Danube. The ship now got stuck with the stern so that the salvage work went on. The ship was finally berthed in the general port of Deggendorf at 12.35 p.m. The grounding site at at river km 2276 was marked with a buoy, ship traffic remained restricted until the shallows which built up have been removed. The barge left the port of Deggendorf again on Oct 15 at 7.45 a.m., bound to Regensburg. The same day at 7 p.m. the ship traffic on the Danube was floating free again. German report with photos: http://www.idowa.de/inhalt.deggendorf-schiff-aus-havarie-befreit-donau-bleibt-vorerst-gesperrt.2c74db2e-a6f8-442d-93c1-06dc1da100eb.html

Barge on Danube refloated

After 150 tons steel have been lightered onto the "Magdalena" with a crane barge, the "Boom" could be removed from the gravel bar with the remaining 600 tons steel slides still aboard. Now the fairway will have to be dug out as gravel heaps of up to 1,80 meters were built up. Ship traffic will be allowed again on Oct 14 at the earliest. Actually 15 ships were waiting to transit. German report with photos: http://www.br.de/nachrichten/niederbayern/inhalt/frachter-donau-sperre-havarie-bergung-100.html

Grounded barge hampering ship traffic

On Oct 12 the "Boom" continued to hamper traffic on the Danube at Niederalteich where it got stuck on Oct 9, being overloaded with a cargo of 750 tons steel sheets. The cargo will have to be lightered partially to get the ship off. After more than 20 other ships queued on the river, the accident may be passed in one way traffic now by ships which are not longer thant 130 meters. All others will have to wait. The 39 year old master was facing investigations for overloading his ship. German report with photos: http://www.br.de/nachrichten/niederbayern/inhalt/frachter-donau-sperre-havarie-bergung-100.html