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Mechanical failure in Dover Strait
The 'Rix Munte', while en route from Frederiksvaerk to Dunkirk with a cargo of 3681,09 tons of steel plates, suffered a mechanical failure in position 51 11 01.8 N, 001 42 22.8 Ewhile transiting the Dover Strait TSS on Oct 12, 2020. The vessel was not under command. After the crew had completed the repairs, the ship was underway again at 3.30 p.m.
Repair stop off Dungeness Point
On Feb 14, 2018, at 5.37 p.m. the "Rix Munte", en route from Rotterdam to Chalkis with 4,009 metric tonnes of aluminium on board, reported a need to change fuel filter, while the vessel was sailing approximately 14 miles south-southwest of Dungeness Point, in position 50 43 10.8N, 000 44 56.0E. By 6.30 p.m. the crew had commenced with the repairs. On Feb 15 at 5 p.m. the ship left the south bound lane of the Dover TSS, in position lat 50 27 59N, long 00 03.20W, approximately 21 nautical miles south-southwest of Selsey, at 8.1 knots. ETA at Chalkes was Feb 26, 11 p.m.
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The "Baccara" was in collision with the German canal ferry "Breslau", 100 ts, at Brunsbuettel in the Kiel Canal on May 3, 2011, at 6.50 p.m. . The cargo ship was underway from Klaipeda to Rotterdam with a cargo of bulk, liquid fertilizer and grain, ETA May 5, when the accident happened during an evasive manoever. The canal ferry suffered damage at the hull and upper deck. No injuries reported. The "Baccara" continued its voyage around 8 p.m.
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