A Cyprus-flagged containership has rammed into the Big South Lock in Brunsbüttel, Germany. The post Germany: 2019-built containership allides with lock wall appeared first on Offshore Energy.
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/germany-2019-built-containership-allides-with-lock-wall/
Ironically, to keep locks open, you’ve got to close them. To do work on a waterway structure, you’ve got to dry it out first, a process called dewatering.
“Last year, our lock operators locked through 25,486 vessels safely during 18,140 lockages along the Okeechobee Waterway,” said Bill Keeney, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District’s supervisory facility management specialist for the west region locks and dams. “We want to do everything possible to keep these locks open for our...
A car carrier contacted North Lock constructions with significant damages, reports Maritime Bulletin.
Cargo ship contacts LockA Cargo ship contacted North Lock constructions while leaving Bremerhaven on the night of July 7. Both Lock and ship sustained damages with the ship’s hull suffering some 20 cm crack or gash.
The ship was detained for repairs and investigation. She left Bremerhaven on July 9 and reached her next port of call, Hamburg, on July 10.
On July 10, local sources identified the...
https://mfame.guru/cargo-vessel-contacts-lock-sustaining-damages/
The third Princess Beatrix lock near Utrecht in the Netherlands has been opened.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/270950/princess-beatrix-lock-inaugurated-in-the-netherlands/