Container ship NCL Salten runs aground - recovery takes days!
Container ship NCL Salten runs aground - recovery takes days!
Trondheimfjord, Norwegen - A serious incident occurred in the Trondheimfjord near Byneset, Norway, when the 135 -meter long container ship "NCL Salten" ran aground early Thursday morning, May 22, 2025. The cause of the accident is related to the responsible person on the ship bridge, which had apparently fallen asleep during their layer. Fortunately, no injuries were reported, and the adjacent residential building remained largely undamaged, apart from a broken heat pump line.
The recovery of the ship is expected to take several days. According to the latest reports from the Norwegian rescue authority, the recharge of the cargo is to begin next Sunday morning. The recovery of the ship will take far into the next week. The first results of the investigation indicate that the ship drove past Johan Helberg's house a few meters, who slept in his bed at that time. He was awakened by his neighbor Jostein Jörgensen, who heard the noise around 5 a.m.
damage and reactions
According to initial estimates, no major damage was caused. The coastline was rammed by the ship of the ship, but without the fear of a oil leak. The NCL shipping company, represented by the spokeswoman Bente Hetland, expressed the desire to determine the exact circumstances of the incident and plans to carry the ship back into deeper waters at the next flood.
In this context, it is worth noting that the Norwegian Maritime authority recorded an increase in incidents with commercial vehicles last year. A total of 1,154 incidents were registered in 2024, which represents an increase of about six percent compared to the previous year. Most of these incidents concerned cargo ships that made 50 % of the registered accidents. This throws a shadow on the security situation in the commercial maritime, but in 2024 there was a decline in the deaths on board commercial vehicles.Vegar Berntsen, head of department for risk management and analysis, informed that there has been a significant number of accidents in recent years, with an average of 565 incidents between 2020 and 2024. Although a trend reversal is recognizable here, security on Norway's waters remains a challenge that continues to be required.
for the rescue work and the subsequent investigation in this incident could have passed a few more days until shipping in the region runs normally again. The incidents in the area of commercial maritime are often complex and require incoming examinations to avoid future accidents.
Further information on this incident and the development of the rescue work will be communicated by the authorities and the shipping company in the future.
Read more about the background and details of the incident on vienna.at href = "https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/norwegen-containschiff-100.html"> tagesschau.de and Safety4Sea.com .
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