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Car on deck allided with bridge
On the afternoon of Jan 20, 2026, the car on the 'Stadt Heilbronn', enroute from Gundelsheim to Ludwigshafen, hit the floodgate on the Neckar River near Heilbronn-Horkheim. The ship had the car stored on its aft deck, but it was apparently too high. The car was pushed against the gate, slid down to the rear of the ship, and was severely damaged. The captain may not have noticed that his ship was unladen and therefore protruded higher from the water, according to the Göppingen Water Police, which recorded the accident. The ship only came to a stop behind the floodgate. The crew was able to secure the car for the remainder of the journey. The ship itself apparently sustained only minimal damage, as did the floodgate. The captain contacted the police after the accident. They were now investigating, and he was facing a fine. He will also receive a warning, as checking the permissible height is the captain's responsibility. The incident did not affect shipping traffic on the Horkheim Canal. Report with photos: https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/heilbronn/horkheim-schiff-kollidiert-hochwassersperrtor-auto-demoliert-100.html
Grounding on the Neckar
On Jan 21, 2020, around 11 p.m. the ‘Stadt Heilbronn’, 2619 ts (EU-No.: 04804670; CS: DF 3704), sailing downstream on the Neckar enroute from Heilbronn to Ludwigshafen, ran aground in Mannheim in pos. 49° 31.12' N 008° 26.07' E near the Kurpfalz Bridge with a cargo of industry salt on board. It was thought the ship had too much loaded. The marine police Mannheim secured the accident site. On Jan 22 two lighter ships were called to remove part of the cargo with a dredger. On Jan 23 the 'Stadt Heilbronn' had the bunker tanker ‘Rheintank 14‘ (MMSI: 211507050) alongside. After it was refloated, it berthed in Ludwigshafen at 10.15 a.m. German reports with photos: https://www.wochenblatt-reporter.de/mannheim/c-blaulicht/guetermotorschiff-auf-dem-neckar-festgefahren_a162031#gallery=null https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_fotostrecke,-fotostrecke-gueterschiff-in-mannheim-festgefahren-_mediagalid,35899.html https://www.regenbogen.de/kategorie-nachricht/rhein-neckar/20200122/mannheim-schiff-auf-dem-neckar-festgefahren https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/artikel/mannheim-gueterschiff-auf-neckar-festgefahren/
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