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Guard for broken wind turbine blade
The 'Friendship' was hired four weeks ago to monitor a damaged wind turbine and retrieve any detached pieces off Terschellibg. The ship was acting as a guard vessel, intervening only if the wind caused the turbine to drop further debris into the sea. Tge ship was moored in pos. 54° 22' N 006° 07' E as of Aug 30, 2026. An operation was organised to remove the damaged blade entirely, preventing any more of it from ending up in the sea. The converted vessel already had several pieces of the turbine blade on deck. After the blade was damaged, Friendship Offshore was brought in to mitigate the consequences. A fishing vessel has also been engaged for the cleanup operation since late July. Last month, the Federal Police in Cuxhaven posted a notice regarding the recovery of a broken-off rotor blade located between the Hoge See and He Dreiht wind farms. Due to the blade's size of 20 meters and the composition glass-fiber reinforced plastic, the police reported a significant risk.
Grounding off Terschelling
The 'Friendship' ran aground at the port entrance of West-Terschelling in the evening of Dec 22, 2019. The ship was on the way back from a job at sea when it ran into problems off the port. Tugs of Noordgat and KNRM boats were called and managed to refloat the ship which was then able to sail into the port on its own. The damage to the ship seemed to be minor, and it left the port again on Dec 23 at 9 a.m. The cause of the accident was not yet known. Dutch report with photo: https://www.lc.nl/friesland/terschelling/Bergingsschip-loopt-vast-bij-haven-Terschelling-25170002.html?harvest_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.de%2F
Greenpeace threatening fishermen's lives
The "Friendship" recovered five large boulders with boreholes after a day fishing on the Klaver Bank. A judge told Greenpeace to recover the remainder next week, but the Dutch Fishermen's Association has not much faith in it. There were 500 prosecutions against Greenpeace, but nothing happened. The environmental activists had dumped large boulders on the Klaver Bank, an important fishing area in the North Sea, about 160 kilometers northwest of Den Helder, in May. Greenpeace believes that the Dutch government is not acting decisively enough to protect the nature. The stones should help the area to create a "fish paradise". Fishermen are furious about the action of the environmental organization. The stones may damage fishing gear, small fishing boats can capsize if they catchthe stones in their nets. Dutch report with photo; http://www.refdag.nl/nieuws/economie/schip_friendship_vist_de_grote_keien_van_greenpeace_op_1_919343
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