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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Yahoo
Crew member charged after massive container ship ploughed into Norwegian man's front garden
Norwegian prosecutors have charged a cargo ship's second officer with negligent navigation after he allegedly fell asleep on duty and the vessel ran aground, narrowly missing crashing into a home. The ship, the NCL Salten, ran aground shortly before 6am on Thursday. No oil spills were reported, and none of the 16 people aboard was injured. Johan Helberg told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he'd slept through the whole thing and only woke up when a neighbor started ringing his doorbell. Images show the ship's red and green bow just meters (yards) from Helberg's house along the Trondheim Fjord's coast. 'I didn't hear anything. I was sleeping seven metres from the bow,' he told Norwegian media NRK. '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.' Mr Helberg's neighbour Jostein Jorgensen said he woke up to the sound of a ship on the fjord. 'I looked out the window and saw a boat heading straight for shore,' he told NRK. 'I went out and cawed and shouted and whistled without anything happening.' Mr Jorgensen said he then rushed over to Mr Helberg's house to try to wake him up. 'We woke up to the neighbour loudly ringing the doorbell. 'Haven't you seen the ship?'' Mr Helberg said. The second officer, whose name was not made public, was the navigator on duty at the time of the grounding, prosecutor Kjetil Bruland Sørensen said in a statement. The cargo ship had 16 people on board when it ran aground, NRK reports, and no injuries were reported. Crews on Monday continued to take containers off the ship so it could be more easily removed from the area. NCL, the shipping company, said it was cooperating with investigators.
The Independent
7 days ago
- The Independent
Man charged after huge cargo ship crashes into front garden
A cargo ship's second officer has been charged with negligent navigation after the vessel ran aground near a home in Norway. The NCL Salten ran aground in the Trondheim Fjord, narrowly missing Johan Helberg's house. Helberg was asleep and unaware of the incident until a neighbor alerted him. No injuries or oil spills were reported among the 16 people on board. The ship is being unloaded to facilitate its removal, and the shipping company is cooperating with investigators.
The Independent
7 days ago
- The Independent
Crew member charged after massive container ship ploughed into Norwegian man's front garden
Norwegian prosecutors have charged a cargo ship's second officer with negligent navigation after he allegedly fell asleep on duty and the vessel ran aground, narrowly missing crashing into a home. The ship, the NCL Salten, ran aground shortly before 6am on Thursday. No oil spills were reported, and none of the 16 people aboard was injured. Johan Helberg told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he'd slept through the whole thing and only woke up when a neighbor started ringing his doorbell. Images show the ship's red and green bow just meters (yards) from Helberg's house along the Trondheim Fjord's coast. 'I didn't hear anything. I was sleeping seven metres from the bow,' he told Norwegian media NRK. '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.' Mr Helberg's neighbour Jostein Jorgensen said he woke up to the sound of a ship on the fjord. 'I looked out the window and saw a boat heading straight for shore,' he told NRK. 'I went out and cawed and shouted and whistled without anything happening.' Mr Jorgensen said he then rushed over to Mr Helberg's house to try to wake him up. 'We woke up to the neighbour loudly ringing the doorbell. 'Haven't you seen the ship?'' Mr Helberg said. The second officer, whose name was not made public, was the navigator on duty at the time of the grounding, prosecutor Kjetil Bruland Sørensen said in a statement. The cargo ship had 16 people on board when it ran aground, NRK reports, and no injuries were reported. Crews on Monday continued to take containers off the ship so it could be more easily removed from the area. NCL, the shipping company, said it was cooperating with investigators.
The Independent
7 days ago
- The Independent
Prosecutors have charged a cargo ship's crew member after the vessel ran aground in Norway
Norwegian prosecutors have charged a cargo ship's second officer with negligent navigation after he allegedly fell asleep on duty and the vessel ran aground, narrowly missing crashing into a home. The ship, the NCL Salten, ran aground shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday. No oil spills were reported, and none of the 16 people aboard was injured. Johan Helberg told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he'd slept through the whole thing and only woke up when a neighbor started ringing his doorbell. Images show the ship's red and green bow just meters (yards) from Helberg's house along the Trondheim Fjord's coast. The second officer, whose name was not made public, was the navigator on duty at the time of the grounding, prosecutor Kjetil Bruland Sørensen said in a statement. Crews on Monday continued to take containers off the ship so it could be more easily removed from the area. NCL, the shipping company, said it was cooperating with investigators.
Asharq Al-Awsat
24-05-2025
- General
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Reports: Helmsman of Cargo Ship Run Aground in Norway Was Likely Asleep
The helmsman of a huge container ship that ran aground in Norway just a stone's throw away from a cabin as its owner slept was probably asleep as well at the time of the accident, Norwegian media reported Friday. "Only one person was on the bridge at the time. He was steering the vessel, but didn't change course when entering the Trondheim fjord as he should have," the news agency NTB reported. "Police have received information from others who were on board that he was asleep," police official Kjetil Bruland Sorensen told NTB. The 135-metre (443-foot) NCL Salten sailed up onto shore just meters from Johan Helberg's wooden cabin around dawn on Thursday. Helberg discovered the unexpected visitor only when a panicked neighbor who had rung his doorbell repeatedly to no avail gave up and called him on the phone. "The doorbell rang at a time of day when I don't like to open," Helberg told television channel TV2. His neighbor, Jostein Jorgensen, said he was roused at around 5:00 am by the sound of a ship heading at full speed toward land and immediately ran to Helberg's house. None of the cargo's 16 crew members were injured, and Norwegian police have opened an investigation. "We are aware of the police stating that they have one suspect, and we continue to assist the police and authorities in their ongoing investigation," the NCL shipping group said Friday. "We are also conducting internal inquiries but prefer not to speculate further," it added. Efforts to refloat the ship have failed so far, and the massive red and green container ship remained stuck, looming over the small cabin.
