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Roro barge got stuck in Düsseldorf
The 'Terra 2' got stuck in the Britannia Port of Düsseldorf on Sep 28, 2026. After being loaded with 168 Mercedes Sprinter vans, the vessel had attempted to leave harbour basin B, but ran aground shortly afterwards in pos. 51° 13' N 006° 45' E between the Weizenmühlen St. and the Kessel St. The captain attempted to free the ship by turning it around, which resulted only in a minimal progress. All attempts to refloat it, using an anchor winch and weight shifts, failed during the following hours. Shipping traffic on the Rhine was not affected. The use of tugs was impossible due to the low water level, as these would otherwise face the same problem and could run aground too. The goal instead was to maneuver the ship back towards the quay and unload its cargo. On the afternoon of Sep 29, another barge was able to push the 'Terra 2' back towards the quay. After offloading some of the vans to reduce the draught, another attempt to reach the port of destination with the remainder of the cargo was planned. The charterer Mosolf had to wait for the regulations from the water police and the harbour master regarding the draught and, consequently, the load it would be allowed to carry. The 160 vans on board totaled 390 tons, while the cargo ship's generally permissible payload was 3,500 tons. The ship had space for 190 Sprinter vans, so the cargo had already been reduced. After the ship was freed from the sandbank, 50 more Sprinter vans were unloaded. Another attempt to leave the port then was successful on Oct 3, after the water level of the Rhine had increased a bit, and the ship headed towards Duisburg and further on to Rotterdam. Reports with photos and video: https://www.freiepresse.de/nachrichten/wirtschaft/nach-sandbank-malheur-frachtschiff-schafft-es-auf-den-rhein-artikel14433199 https://www.wz.de/nrw/frachter-bleibt-im-hafen-stecken_aid-155702245 https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/nordrheinwestfalen/wdr-wegen-niedrigem-rheinpegel-frachtschiff-faehrt-sich-in-duesseldorf-fest-100.html https://www.n-tv.de/regionales/nordrhein-westfalen/Frachtschiff-steckt-noch-immer-im-Duesseldorfer-Hafen-fest-id31359686.html https://www.tag24.de/nordrhein-westfalen/duesseldorf/rheinpegel-zu-niedrig-frachtschiff-faehrt-sich-in-duesseldorfer-hafen-fest-3535925-amp https://www1.wdr.de/nrw/duesseldorf/schiff-festgefahren-hafenbecken-duesseldorf-100.html?shem=aimgspe, https://www.nrz.de/lokales/duesseldorf/article413282402/wegen-niedrigwasser-frachtschiff-faehrt-sich-im-duesseldorfer-hafen-fest.html
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