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Barge being unloaded in Mannheim port

In the run of Feb 27 the "Orfeo"/"Orfeo II" (EU-No's.: 02336599/02335035;), which had allided with a floating pier in the Rhine port of Mannheim, could be shifted from the accident site at the terminal North in Mannheim into the Rhine port. Once berthed, the container cargo was being removed from the damaged barge which had a hole of two square meters at the port side bow. About 80 forces of the fire brigades Mannheim and Ludwigshafen, the police, German Life Saving Society (DLRG) and Technical Support Work (THW) had been busy the whole day to keep the barge from sinking. The damage was estimated to be in the six-didgit-region. German reports with photos: http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/nachrichten-rhein-neckar/containerschiff-havariert-im-mannheimer-muehlauhafen_18555682.htm https://www.rnf.de/mediathek/video/mannheim-schiffshavarie-im-muehlauhafen/

Barge threatened to sink in Mannheim

On Feb 27, 2018, at 2 a.m. the "Orfeo"/"Orfeo II" (EU-No's.: 02336599/02335035), just after having left Mannheim bound to Karlsruhe, allided with a floating pier in the Rhine port of Mannheim and was suffered a leak of two square meters at the port side bow. The accident happened during a turning manoever at the Interterminal North in the Mühlau Port. The ship suffered water ingress in the foreship which flooded the bow thruster room. Timewise the vessel was threatened to sink on the Rhine. The fire rescue Mannheim was on scene with 50 men and a fire boat to dewater the ship and remove spilling oil from the water. On the whole 80 forces of disaster management, police and divers were on site, as well as the bunker tankerd "Mannheim" (MMSI: 211523940 snd "Bilgenentöler 7 (MMSI: 211506920). At 7 a.m. the situation was stable, as more water could be pumped out than it was pouring into the ship. The crew supported the work of the fire rescue. The "Orfeo" did not carry dangerours goods in its container cargo. German reports with photos and video: https://www.mannheim24.de/mannheim/mannheim-innenstadt-containerschiff-orfeo-havariert-muehlauhafen-feuerwehr-einsatz-9648989.html https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/mannheim-havarie-schiff-droht-sinken-grosseinsatz-feuerwehr-katastrophenschutz-ungllueck-459936 https://www.ffh.de/nachrichten/hessen/suedhessen/toController/Topic/toAction/show/toId/147084/toTopic/schiff-in-mannheim-droht-zu-sinken.html https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/bw/schiffshavarie-in-mannheim/-/id=1622/did=21241434/nid=1622/tujn5d/index.html https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-mannheim-mannheim-containerschiff-auf-dem-rhein-havariert-_arid,1206292.html