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CBC
27-05-2025
- General
- CBC
Cargo ship towed away from Norway home it nearly struck
A cargo ship that ran aground in a Norwegian fiord and narrowly missed a house was pulled back into open water and was being towed to a nearby harbour on Tuesday — five days after the spectacular accident. A tugboat hauled and refloated the NCL Salten off the shore of the Trondheim Fiord on Tuesday morning. The ship was pulled away from the spot where it ran aground in Byneset at about 10:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, according to a statement that NCL, the shipping company, posted online. The vessel was being taken to the nearby harbour of Orkanger. Norwegian broadcaster NRK quoted Ole T. Bjørnevik, the general manager of the tugboat company tasked with the refloating operation, as saying that it "went better than expected." A memorable event For Johan Helberg, the man whose home was nearly hit by the cargo ship, the past few days were something to behold — and to remember. "I doubt I'll ever experience anything quite like this again," he told Norway's TV2. "I wouldn't have traded this experience for anything." WATCH | The NCL Salten returns to sea: See the refloating of a cargo ship that ran aground in Norway 7 hours ago Duration 0:39 A container ship that ran around in Norwegian homeowner Johan Helberg's yard last week has been refloated. 'I doubt I'll ever experience anything quite like this again.' Containers had been unloaded from the ship ahead of the refloating. The ship ran aground early last Thursday. No oil spills were reported, and none of the 16 people aboard was injured. The on-duty navigator, the ship's second officer, has been charged with negligent navigation after he allegedly fell asleep on duty.
CTV News
27-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
A cargo ship that ran aground in Norway, narrowly missing a house, is being towed to a nearby harbour
The container ship NCL Salten is pulled from the ground and taken back at sea in Trondheim, Norway, Tuesday May 27, 2025, after the 135-meter-long ship ran aground in the Trondheimsfjord outside Byneset last Thursday. (Jan Langhaug/NTB Scanpix via AP) OSLO, Norway — A cargo ship that ran aground in a Norwegian fjord and narrowly missed a house, was pulled back into open water and was being towed to a nearby harbour on Tuesday — five days after the spectacular accident. A tugboat hauled and refloated the NCL Salten off the shore of the Trondheim fjord in the morning hours. The vessel was being taken to the nearby harbor of Orkanger. Norwegian broadcaster NRK quoted Ole T. Bjørnevik, the general manager of the tugboat company tasked with the refloating operation, as saying that it 'went better than expected.' Containers had been unloaded from the ship ahead of the refloating. The ship ran aground early last Thursday. No oil spills were reported, and none of the 16 people aboard was injured. The on-duty navigator, the ship's second officer, has been charged with negligent navigation after he allegedly fell asleep on duty. The Associated Press
The Independent
27-05-2025
- General
- The Independent
A cargo ship that ran aground in Norway, narrowly missing a house, is being towed to a nearby harbor
A cargo ship that ran aground in a Norwegian fjord and narrowly missed a house, was pulled back into open water and was being towed to a nearby harbor on Tuesday — five days after the spectacular accident. A tugboat hauled and refloated the NCL Salten off the shore of the Trondheim fjord in the morning hours. The vessel was being taken to the nearby harbor of Orkanger. Norwegian broadcaster NRK quoted Ole T. Bjørnevik, the general manager of the tugboat company tasked with the refloating operation, as saying that it 'went better than expected.' Containers had been unloaded from the ship ahead of the refloating. The ship ran aground early last Thursday. No oil spills were reported, and none of the 16 people aboard was injured. The on-duty navigator, the ship's second officer, has been charged with negligent navigation after he allegedly fell asleep on duty.
Washington Post
27-05-2025
- General
- Washington Post
A cargo ship that ran aground in Norway, narrowly missing a house, is being towed to a nearby harbor
OSLO, Norway — A cargo ship that ran aground in a Norwegian fjord and narrowly missed a house , was pulled back into open water and was being towed to a nearby harbor on Tuesday — five days after the spectacular accident. A tugboat hauled and refloated the NCL Salten off the shore of the Trondheim fjord in the morning hours. The vessel was being taken to the nearby harbor of Orkanger.
BBC News
23-05-2025
- BBC News
Man steering Norway ship that crashed into a garden was asleep, police say
The watch officer of a huge container ship that ran aground and crashed into a garden in Norway has told police he was asleep at the time of the said the man, a Ukrainian national in his thirties, admitted to falling asleep while on duty on his has been charged with negligent navigation and police are also investigating whether rules regarding working and rest hours were adhered to on board the 135m-ship (443ft) missed a house by metres when it ran aground on Thursday morning in Byneset, near Trondheim, central Norway. Efforts to refloat it have been unsuccessful so far. "The individual charged was the officer on watch at the time of the incident," the prosecutor in Trondelag Police District said in a press statement."During questioning, he stated that he fell asleep while on duty alone, which led to the vessel running aground," he added. No one was injured in the Cypriot-flagged cargo ship, the NCL Salten, had 16 people on board and was travelling south-west through the Trondheim Fjord to Orkanger when it veered off course. Johan Helberg, who owns the property, described the moment he looked out of his window and saw the ship in his front garden. "I had to bend my neck to see the top of it. It was so unreal," he said in an interview with the was alerted to the commotion by a panicked neighbour who heard the sound of the ship and watched as it headed straight for shore."Five metres further south and it would have entered the bedroom," Mr Helberg told the Norwegian Broadcasting to reports, the ship had previously run aground in 2023 but crew managed to free it using its own power.
