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Yahoo
23-05-2025
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Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden
A man in Norway woke up to find a huge container ship had run aground and crashed into his front garden. The 135m-ship (443ft) missed Johan Helberg's house by metres at about 05:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Thursday. Mr Helberg was only alerted to the commotion by his panicked neighbour who had watched the ship as it headed straight for shore, in Byneset, near Trondheim. "The doorbell rang at a time of day when I don't like to open," Mr Helberg told television channel TV2. "I went to the window and was quite astonished to see a big ship," he added, in an interview with the Guardian. "I had to bend my neck to see the top of it. It was so unreal." "Five metres further south and it would have entered the bedroom," he added to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. "I didn't hear anything." Neighbour Jostein Jorgensen said he was woken by the sound of the ship as it headed at full speed towards land, and ran to Mr Helberg's house. "I was sure that he was already outside, but no, there was no sign of life. I rang the doorbell many times and nothing," said Mr Jorgensen. "And it was only when I called him on the phone that I managed to contact him," he told TV2. 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 went off course. No-one was injured in the incident. It is not known what caused the crash and Norwegian police are said to be investigating. "It's a very bulky new neighbour but it will soon go away," Mr Helberg added. The head of NCL, which chartered the ship, said it was a "serious incident" and "we are grateful that nobody was injured". "At present time, we do not know what caused the incident and are awaiting the conclusion of the ongoing investigation by the relevant authorities," said managing director Bente Hetland. According to reports, the ship had previously run aground in 2023 but got free under its own power.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
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Man Awakes to Find a Giant Cargo Ship in His Backyard
A Norwegian man who lives by the coast was 'astonished' to discover an enormous cargo ship in his backyard after it ran aground in the early hours of the morning. The 443-foot vessel smashed into the shoreline just yards from Johan Helberg's house at around 5 a.m. on Thursday. Helberg slept soundly through the incident, oblivious to the chaos outside. He was only alerted to the disaster after a panicked neighbor who had witnessed the crash rang his doorbell 'at a time of day when I don't like to open,' to check if he was ok. 'I didn't hear anything. I was sleeping seven metres (22ft) from the bow,' Helberg told the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 'I went to the window and was quite astonished to see a big ship,' he later told The Guardian. 'I had to bend my neck to see the top of it. It was so unreal.' He added: 'It was lucky that it went ashore there. Five metres further south, and it would have entered the bedroom. And that wouldn't have been particularly pleasant.' Helberg's neighbor Jostein Jorgensen said he awoke to see the ship heading directly into the shore. 'I went out and called and shouted and whistled without anything happening,' he told local outlet TV2, before rushing to his neighbor's house. 'I was sure that he was already outside, but no, there was no sign of life. I rang the doorbell many times and nothing,' Jorgensen said. 'And it was only when I called him on the phone that I managed to contact him.' The NCL Salten had 16 people on board and was bound for Cyprus before it ran aground. The vessel was traveling southwest through the Trondheim Fjord to Orkanger before it veered off course. Nobody was injured during the accident, and Norwegian police are investigating the cause of the crash. A potential suspect has been identified, although authorities have ruled out drugs or alcohol as a reason for the error. The head of shipping company NCL, which chartered the ship, said the incident was a 'very serious error' and expressed relief that nobody was hurt. 'There was no reason to believe this was intentional,' NCL executive Bente Hetland said in a statement. 'Incidents like this should not happen, and we have started an investigation into the causes. Today, we are relieved that there were no injuries, and our main focus is on the people near the ship and our crew.' A first attempt to remove the ship on Thursday failed, and a second attempt will be made at high tide. The cargo ship had run aground once before, in 2023, when it floated free without external help.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
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Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden
A man in Norway woke up to find a huge container ship had run aground and crashed into his front garden. The 135m-ship (443ft) missed Johan Helberg's house by metres at about 05:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Thursday. Mr Helberg was only alerted to the commotion by his panicked neighbour who had watched the ship as it headed straight for shore, in Byneset, near Trondheim. "The doorbell rang at a time of day when I don't like to open," Mr Helberg told television channel TV2. "I went to the window and was quite astonished to see a big ship," he added, in an interview with the Guardian. "I had to bend my neck to see the top of it. It was so unreal." "Five metres further south and it would have entered the bedroom," he added to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. "I didn't hear anything." Neighbour Jostein Jorgensen said he was woken by the sound of the ship as it headed at full speed towards land, and ran to Mr Helberg's house. "I was sure that he was already outside, but no, there was no sign of life. I rang the doorbell many times and nothing," said Mr Jorgensen. "And it was only when I called him on the phone that I managed to contact him," he told TV2. 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 went off course. No-one was injured in the incident. It is not known what caused the crash and Norwegian police are said to be investigating. "It's a very bulky new neighbour but it will soon go away," Mr Helberg added. The head of NCL, which chartered the ship, said it was a "serious incident" and "we are grateful that nobody was injured". "At present time, we do not know what caused the incident and are awaiting the conclusion of the ongoing investigation by the relevant authorities," said managing director Bente Hetland. According to reports, the ship had previously run aground in 2023 but got free under its own power.
Wales Online
23-05-2025
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Man wakes up to find huge ship parked in his garden
Man wakes up to find huge ship parked in his garden He said he didn't hear anything The container ship NCL Salten ran aground at Byneset (Image: Ole Martin Wold/SWNS ) A man in Norway woke up to find a massive container ship in his front garden. The 135-metre (443-foot) vessel missed Johan Helberg's house by a few metres at around 5am local time on Thursday (22 May) in Byneset, near Trondheim. Mr Helberg was only made aware of the incident after his panicked neighbour, who had seen the ship heading straight for shore, repeatedly rang his doorbell and eventually called him on the phone. 'I didn't hear anything,' Mr Helberg told the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The 135m (443ft) vessel missed Johan Helberg's house by a few metres (Image: Ole Martin Wold/SWNS ) "The doorbell rang at a time of day when I don't like to open." Article continues below It is expected that emergency services will use a tugboat to refloat the container ship. There were no reports of injuries or oil spills.
Times
23-05-2025
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- Times
Norwegian man wakes to find cargo ship beached in his garden
A Norwegian man woke on Thursday morning to find something blocking his usual scenic view of fjords. Johan Helberg had been asleep when an 135-metre container ship ran aground, narrowly missing his house. The first he knew of it was at about 5am, when a neighbour rang his doorbell after seeing the vessel beach itself in the garden. 'I didn't hear anything,' Helberg, who lives in Byneset, near Trondheim in central Norway, told the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 'The doorbell rang at a time of day when I don't like to open.' Jostein Jorgensen said the sound of the ship woke him up and that he ran to Helberg's house expecting the noise to have raised his neighbour. 'I was sure that he was already outside,
