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Tug still under repair following collision

The "RT Stephanie" was still under repair at the Heise Schiffsreparatur & Industrie Service in Bremerhaven by the end of April 2013 with its wheelhouse meanwhile having been repaired and some paint work still to be done. Photo: http://forum-schiff.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1237#p88889

Tug damaged in collision with two car carriers

On Feb 4 at 2 p.m. the "RT Stephanie" was in collision with two car carriers in the North Port of Bremerhaven. The tug was about to pull the "Atlas Highway" into the North port when it struck the stern of the Liberian "Endurance" before hitting the "Atlas Highway". All windows of the wheelhouse of the tug were smashed in the second hit. A manoever of the master of the tug whily trying to avoid the first collision caused the second accident. No injuries, no spills reported. The tug proceeded to the local Heise Yard the same afternoon. The "Endurance" sailed from Bremerhaven on Feb 4 around 4 p.m boudn for Zeebrugge where it docked on Feb 5. The "Atlas Highway" sailed from Bremerhaven in the afternoon of Feb 5 bound for Emden, ETA 11.30 p.m. German report with photo: http://www.presseportal.de/polizeipresse/pm/35235/2410645/pol-hb-nr-0070-schlepper-ohne-brueckenfenster-foto-als-anlage