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Explosion and fire on tanker
On July 28, 2026, at 3.43 p.m., the police was notified of an explosion and a fire in an empty tank on board the 'Bergstraum' with 15 Baltic and Filipino crew members and a cargo of sulfuric acid on board, off Storesand near Skjærhalden, south of the entrance to the Oslo Fjord (Lat. 59.0123 Lng. 10.9796). Initially, there was a lot of smoke after a loud explosion. No injuries were reported, and all crew members were accounted for. It took about 20 to 30 minutes before the first lifeboat, the "Ragnar Stoud Platou" of the Redningsselskapnotstation Halver, was in place. The crew was meanwhile working to gain control of the situation with foam. The tanker was at anchor in pos. 59° 01' N 010° 59' E when the explosion occurred. The initial response included two police boats, a fire boat, a Norwegian Coast Guard RIB, three Swedish lifeboats and a rescue helicopter from Norway’s 330 Squadron, which hoisted firefighters on board. On the whole, six RITS members were taken on board, others were transported to the tanker by the lifeboat 'Stormbull' from Stavern. The HRS was coordinating the rescue operation. The fire was under control at 4:18 p.m. and finally extinguished at 5:22 p.m. The crew and shore-based emergency team continued the efforts to cool down the accected area and fully stabilise the situation in coordination with the Norwegian authorities. There has been no report of any leakage of hazardous substances. After the Norwegian authorities permitted the ship to proceed to port, it weighed anchor short before 9 p.m. and berthed in Frederikstad at 10.30 p.m. The cause of the incident was not yet known. The owner, the Utkilen Shipping AS, started conducting an internal investigation. Reports with photos and video: https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/wr99lL/melding-om-mulig-eksplosjonsartet-brann-i-oestfold?fbclid=Iwb21leATVtX9jbGNrBNW1a2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHrAYlXDsgDhmJqo3sW-5ScRLvJWd_VdXd6VQHe-_FAyeKOqggtuOvTxDtaTX_aem_JTC984s3WDIvdUCK7LdRBA https://www.nrk.no/ostfold/tankskip-pa-grunn-ved-hvaler_-eksplosjonsartet-brann-om-bord-1.17971727 https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/brann-om-bord-pa-tankskip-slukket/19084193/ https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/eksplosjon-om-bord-pa-120-meter-langt-tankskip-utenfor-skjarhalden/s/5-95-3169884 https://www.op.no/eksplosjon-og-brann-i-tankskip-brannmenn-i-larvik-rykket-ut/s/5-36-1962231 https://x.com/NSSR/status/2082128183466303949 https://x.com/NSSR/status/2082145145244320077 https://www.nrk.no/ostfold/tankskip-brant-ved-hvaler_-eksplosjonsartet-brann-om-bord-1.17971727
Crew member injurd by snapping line
On June 17, 2017, a crew member of the "Bergstraum" which was berthed in the port of Cork has been airlifted to hospital with a suspected broken leg after an accident on board the vessel. The casualty was winched from the bow of the Norwegian-flagged oil and chemical tanker which was berthed at the Tivoli docks east of Cork city around 7 p.m. this evening by the crew of the Waterford-based Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter, Rescue 117. The crewman suffered the leg injury when either a cable or rope snapped as he worked on board, striking one of his legs. Members of Cork City Fire Brigade and Crosshaven Coast Guard attended the scene. But the fire service was unable to remove the casualty from the vessel safely.
Tanker in near collision with bridge
The "Bergstraum" was in a near collision with a dredger and the Spijkenisse Bridge in Moerdijk on Apr 24, 2017, at 09.43. The cause was a malfunction of the moving bridge section keeping it from being opened in time. The chemical tanker which was coming from Dordrecht, had to make an emergency stop and could turn away only a few meters away from the bridge with a hard astern manoever. A dreder on the Hoogvliets side had to be quickly removed to avoid being hit by the tanker. Initially the moving part of the Spijkenisse bridge could not go up and down, but could be reset with manual force, followed by a test run which went well. The bridge had to rise because there was a lot of shipping traffic but in the decisive moment failed to do so. It was still unclear whether the captain got green light to pass the bridge or if it was a negligence from his side. Rijkswaterstaat launched an investigation into the incident as well as the cause of the bridge failure. The tanker once the bridge was open again around noon continued towards the Northsea destined to Alesund with an ETA of Apr 26. Dutch reports with photo and video: http://nissewaard.debotlek.nl/nieuws/algemeen/152651/chemalientanker-ramt-op-haar-na-baggerboot-en-spijkenisserbrug- http://www.ad.nl/voorne-putten/tanker-vaart-bijna-tegen-spijkenisserbrug~a7921fca/
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