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Ship lost hydraulic oil due to technical defect
The 'Vigilia II', enroute from Trier to Flushing, suffered an oil loss, which temporarily halted shipping traffic at the Eibach lock on the Main-Danube Canal in Nuremberg on Feb 9, 2026. The hydraulic oil leaked from a bushing on the drive shaft due to a technical defect. The vessel moored behind the lock and was surrounded by an oil boom. The fire department Nuremberg responded to the scene with multiple forces. The Danube MDK Waterways and Shipping Authority barred the waterway for shipping traffic and tasked a specialized company to pump the oil out of the lock in the afternoon. This was expected to take one to two hours. Only then would the lock be navigable again. Several ships were therefore waiting to pass through. However, shipping traffic could not resume immediately because icebreakers were no longer in operation after 8:00 p.m., and therefore a passage was impossible. The lock resumed operation on Feb 10 at 6:00 a.m. The approximately 170-kilometer-long Main-Danube Canal connects the Main River near Bamberg with the Danube River near Kelheim. The important waterway links the Danube and Rhine river systems, creating a navigable connection from the Black Sea to the North Sea. The 'Vigilia II' finally arrived in Flushing on Feb 12. Reports with photos: https://www.tag24.de/bayern/oel-alarm-am-main-donau-kanal-verkehr-eingestellt-3468235 https://www.nordbayern.de/nuernberg/ol-alarm-am-main-donau-kanal-in-nurnberg-schiff-hat-ol-verloren-verkehr-eingestellt-1.15001472 https://www.antenne.de/nachrichten/bayern/schleuse-am-main-donau-kanal-in-nuernberg-wieder-passierbar
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