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CTV News
6 days ago
- 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
CBS News
6 days ago
- Business
- CBS News
443-foot ship finally pulled free after nearly hitting Norway home as owner slept: "It's time to say goodbye"
Salvagers on Tuesday pulled a massive cargo ship, which made world headlines for running aground just meters away from a house in Norway, back into the water, the head of the company managing the operation said. A Ukrainian sailor in his 30s was on watch at the time and said he had fallen asleep, according to Norwegian police, who have charged him with "negligent navigation." The 443-foot NCL Salten sailed up onto shore just a stone's throw from a wooden house around dawn on Thursday. "It's good to have said hello, but now it's time to say goodbye" the occupant of the house, Johan Helberg, told broadcaster NRK on Tuesday. The container ship NCL Salten (C) is pictured after it has been pulled from the ground and is back at sea, on May 27, 2025 near Trondheim, Norway. The 135-meter-long ship ran aground in the Trondheimsfjord outside Byneset on May 22, 2025, almost hitting a house. JAN LANGHAUG/NTB/AFP via Getty Images The containers on the ship, except for those removed to lighten the bow, are still on board and will be unloaded this evening, Ole T. Bjornevik, the managing director of BOA Offshore told AFP, adding that the operation only lasted 30 minutes and an inspection is underway "This went better than expected," he told NRK. "This went beyond all expectations." The Ukrainian seaman has said none of the cargo ship's collision alarms had worked, prosecutor Kjetil Bruland Sorensen told news agency NTB. The investigation will also look into whether the rules on working hours and rest periods were adhered to on ship, according to police. People stand near a container ship, which almost hit a house, in Trondheim, Norway, May 22, 2025. NTB/Jan Langhaug/via Reuters Helberg, also slept through the incident and only discovered the unexpected visitor when a panicked neighbor rang his doorbell 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. The ship reportedly caused damage to a heating pipe in Helberg's cabin, TV2 reported, but the homeowner said he considered himself lucky. "If the ship had hit the rocky cliff right next to it, it would have lifted up and hit the house hard," he told TV2. "It wasn't many meters off." None of the 16 crew members were injured. Bente Hetland, the CEO of the shipping company that owns NCL Salten, told TV2 that the same ship ran aground twice before — once in 2023 in Hadsel and again in 2024, in Ålesund.
CTV News
7 days ago
- CTV News
A ship ran aground in Norway and nearly crashed into a house. A crew member has been charged
Johan Helberg stands next to his house, with the container ship NCL Salten in the background, in the Trondheimsfjord, outside Byneset, in Trondheim, Norway, Thursday May 22, 2025. (Jan Langhaug/NTB Scanpix via AP) OSLO, 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 neighbour started ringing his doorbell. Images show the ship's red and green bow just metres 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 co-operating with investigators. The Associated Press
BreakingNews.ie
7 days ago
- BreakingNews.ie
Crew member charged over ship that 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 on Thursday morning. No oil spills were reported, and none of the 16 people aboard were injured. Advertisement Resident Johan Helberg told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he had slept through the whole thing and only woke up when a neighbour started ringing his doorbell. The ship ran aground in the Trondheimsfjord, Trondheim, Norway (Jan Langhaug/NTB via AP) Images show the ship's red and green bow a matter of feet away from Mr 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 Sorensen said in a statement. Crews on Monday continued to take containers off the ship so it could be more easily removed from the area. Advertisement NCL, the shipping company, said it was cooperating with investigators.
CBS News
23-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
A 440-foot ship nearly hit a Norway cabin as its owner slept. The helmsman was reportedly asleep too.
The helmsman of a huge container ship that ran aground in Norway several feet 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 443-foot NCL Salten sailed up onto shore next to Johan Helberg's wooden cabin around dawn on Thursday. Johan Helberg poses next to his house and a 443-foot-long container ship by the shore in the Trondheimsfjord outside Byneset by Trondheim, Norway, on May 22, 2025, after the ship ran aground, almost hitting his house. Jan Langhaug/NTB/AFP via Getty Images 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 a.m. by the sound of a ship heading at full speed toward land and immediately ran to Helberg's house. The massive vessel reportedly caused damage to a heating pipe in Helberg's cabin, TV2 reported, but the homeowner said he considered himself lucky. "If the ship had hit the rocky cliff right next to it, it would have lifted up and hit the house hard," he told TV2. "It wasn't many meters off." People stand near a container ship, which almost hit a house, in Trondheim, Norway, May 22, 2025. NTB/Jan Langhaug/via Reuters None of the cargo ship'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. Bente Hetland, the CEO of the shipping company, told TV2 that the same ship ran aground twice before — once in 2023 in Hadsel and again in 2024, in Ålesund. Efforts to refloat the ship have failed so far, and the massive red and green container ship remained stuck, looming over the small cabin.
