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Fire on barge near Mannheim
On March 20, 2018, around 6 p.m. a fire broke out aboard the German flagged, self propelled barge "Wilhelm Hubele“, 2079 ts (EU-No.: 04701230), which was sailing on the Neckar river and just approaching the lock in Feudenheim near Mannheim. The ship berthed, and the crew could get to safety. The alerted fire rescue Mannheim with a fire boat and the volunter forces from Feudenheim and the German Lifesaving Society (DLRG) attended and were able to extimmnguish the fire underneath the cabin area within short time. The water police Mannheim launched an investigation. Whether welding works which had been carried out aboard the ship in a yard in Neckarsteinach were responsible for the fire was not yet clear. German report with photos: https://www.heidelberg24.de/region/mannheim-feudenheim-feuerwehr-loeschboot-nach-brand-guetermotor-schiff-schleuse-einsatz-9713154.html
Barge allided with lift gate
In the morning of June 10, 2017, at 8.40 a.m. the "Wilhelm Hubele", 2079 ts (EU-No.: 04701230), allided with the lift gate of the lock in Marbach. The wheelhouse was torn off due to the impact. The ship's master Jürgen Neumann remained uninjured, as he threw himself onto the floor in the last moment. The accident happened when a tank barge left the lock with much speed, so that the water was sucked out of the lock and then rushed back into it with such a force, that the "Wilhelm Hubele" was pushed against the gate. The water level was about 10 centimeters higher than expected, so that the wheelhouse did not fit underneath. The gate was not damaged. The barge was allowed to continue to the next lock in Pleidelsheim where she could be more easily approached for repairs and the installation of a new wheelhouse. German report with photo: http://www.marbacher-zeitung.de/inhalt.marbach-das-steuerhaus-kracht-am-hubtor-der-schleuse-ein.75c14c91-23e0-4f79-a275-69ab6eb60a25.html
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