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Canal ferry assisted grounded British barge
The British flagged inland vessem 'Northern King', with two people on board, suffered an engine failure while transiting eastbound on the Kuel Canal on July 12, 2026. The 'Kolberg' was called to respond and provide assistance after the 25-meter-long vessel drifted onto the canal embankment. The 'Northern King' eventually managed to reach the first mooring piles at the Groß Nordsee switch with the assistance if the ferry crew and tied up on the south side of the waterway. The 'Kolberg' subsequently brought a water police team on board. The ferry’s deployment concluded after just under two hours, following an inspection of the vargr by the policeofficers. The Landwehr ferry crossing was out of service during this time. The engine failure was likely caused by the heat; the air-cooled diesel engine overheated due to high temperatures shortly before reaching Groß Nordsee. After a cooling-off period, the 'Northern King' was able to move at slow speed to the Flemhuder Lake and moor there. From there, it was scheduled to proceed to Rendsburg for repairs. Built in 1928, the vessel formerly belonged to the Victor Waddington shipping company's fleet and transported cargo on English rivers. Most recently, it had been used as a residential vessel and houseboat in London's East India Docks. It was making its way from there to the Baltic Sea. Report with photo: https://www.kn-online.de/schleswig-holstein/hitze-sorgte-fuer-maschinenausfall-auf-lastkahn-auf-nord-ostsee-kanal-ZH3P3PUNH5DVLMHGMJ4SLFDERQ.html Paywall
Ferry stuck under dolphin
On Aug 24, 2019, at 6.20 p.m. the "Kolberg" was disabled at the berth Landwehr near Schinkel on the Kiel Canal. The suction of a pssing ship pushed the ship under a dolphin, and it got stuck with a heavy lift at its berth and the car deck partially submerged. It was yet unclear how the ship could be freed out of the trap. At the time of the accident the bulkcarrier "Star Laguna", coming from Uusipaukunki, passed the ferry pt. Whether the ship was responsible for the accident was to be investigated ni Brunsbüttel where the crew was interrogated in the morning of Aug 25. The tug 'Schwartenbek' managed to freed the ferry short past 10 p.m. It turned out that the fixing of a life raft had got stuck at the dolphin. After some welding work, the tug could push the ferry out of the trap. Agfter an inspection she resumed sailing on Aug 25 shprt past midnight, though carrying only pedestrians and bicycle riders at the moment. Start of the week the ferry was to be investigated thoroughly in order to find out if the layout has to be changed in general to avoid a repeating of the mishap. During the inspection of the bulkcarrier it turned out that there was no wrongdoing by the crew. The ship berthed in the inner port of Brunsbüttel on Aug 25 at 8.15 a.m. German report with photo: https://www.kn-online.de/Lokales/Nord-Ostsee-Kanal/Havarie-auf-Nord-Ostsee-Kanal-Faehre-mit-starker-Schlagseite
Ferry sidelined due to technical failure
Due to a technical failure in the afternoon of Apr 13, 2016, the "Kolberg" had to quit its service connecting Quarnbek and Schinkel on the Kiel Canal at Landwehr. The ship was sidelined on the southern canal side. Car Drivers were recommended to use the bridge at Levensau abd the canal ferry at Sehestadt instead.
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