Sleeping man ignores container ship that strands on lawn

Sleeping man ignores container ship that strands on lawn

A Norwegian man in Byneset on the Trondheimfjord had an extremely unusual wake -up call: a huge container ship ran in front of his house as he slept deep and firmly. Johan Helberg was awakened by his neighbor on Thursday morning, who asked him if he had noticed the boat outside. When Helberg looked out of the door, an incredible picture was offered - a 135 meter long container ship was "parked" in his front yard.

how the incident occurred

"If the ship had hit the rocky lead right next to it, it would have been up and the house hit violently. It was only a few meters," Helberg told TV2 Norway. His neighbor Jostein Jørgensen, who lives about 40 meters from the beach, was awakened by the sound of a closer boat at around 5 a.m.

The dramatic minutes

"When I looked out of the window, I saw a boat that headed to the coast at high speed," Jørgensen told the local television station. He immediately ran outside and started calling to raise the alarm. The ship, the NCL on the Salt, came closer and finally ran on the ground only eight meters from the wall of Helberg's house.

a happy turn

"He was sleeping and was surprised to suddenly have a visitor," said Jørgensen to TV2. The ship was obviously on the way to Orkanger, at the southern end of the fjord, and had 16 people on board when the basic contact.

reactions of those responsible

Bente Hetland, managing director of the shipping company NCL, described the incident as a "serious incident" and expressed gratitude that nobody was injured in the basic touch. "At the moment we do not know what caused the incident and are waiting for the results of the ongoing investigation by the responsible authorities," said Hetland in a statement. "We are currently evaluating the damage on the ship."

rescue measures and further steps

A tractor was initially sent to try to trace the ship again, which failed. On Thursday evening, a salvage company tried to make the ship brisk again in the event of a flood, but it was decided that this was not possible, as the Norwegian coastal administration announced. Geotechnical examinations are required before a new attempt to rescue can be made.

monitoring of the incident

Although there are no signs of leaving the oil from the ship so far, the authority said that an oil control ship was on standby if necessary.