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How a 443-Foot Container Ship’s Near-Miss in Norway Exposed Gaps in Navigation Alarms and Salvage Protocols
We slept just seven meters from where the bow is and didn’t hear a thing. … If it had been on a slightly different course, it would have hit the house,” said Johan Helberg, a Norwegian citizen who was ...
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Houseboat: Ship ‘unseaworthy’ after grounding in front garden
A container ship that made global headlines after grounding in a Norwegian man's front garden has been refloated. The 862-teu ...
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How a 443-Foot Cargo Ship Came Within Meters of Disaster and What It Reveals About Maritime Safety, Technology, and Human Error
I had to bend my neck to see the top of it. It was so unreal,” Johan Helberg said to The Guardian when he woke to discover a 443-foot freighter, the NCL Salten, looming mere meters from his Norwegian ...
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 ...