Insurers Face Significant Losses as Car Freight Fire Costs Soar to Millions

Insurers Face Significant Losses as Car Freight Fire Costs Soar to Millions

According to information from industry circles, the fire on the car freighter “Fremantle Highway” will cost insurers at least 240 million euros and up to 300 million euros. The calculation of the experts is as follows: Per new car on the ship, you can expect an average of 50,000 euros in damage, with the Rolls … Read more

Education: Learning Onboard: “Classrooms Under Sail” returns

Education: Learning Onboard: “Classrooms Under Sail” returns

Refugees floating at sea, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes: after more than six months at sea, 33 young people have returned to Germany. “This trip was very turbulent,” said Ruth Merk of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, who has been leading the “Classroom under Sails” project for 14 years. On Saturday, the traditional sailing ship “Thor Heyerdahl” … Read more

Video from the storm in Hamburg: giant wave smashes window on Elbe ferry Regional

Video from the storm in Hamburg: giant wave smashes window on Elbe ferry  Regional

“It was an incident that we have never had before” – Hamburg – The storm lashed the Elbe in the port and caused the HADAG ferry “Tollerort” to rock violently. Then suddenly water entered the 30 meter long ship … The “Tollort” ferry was hit by a giant wave on Thursday morning in the middle … Read more

MS Experimenta anchors in Krefeld-Uerdingen on Sunday

MS Experimenta anchors in Krefeld-Uerdingen on Sunday

July 30, 2021 at 5:15 am Science ship : MS Experimenta anchored in Uerdingen on Sunday – The science ship MS Experimenta heads for 18 cities on its tour across three rivers – including Krefeld. Photo: MS Experimenta / Timo Haberl – – Krefeld On Sunday, the science ship MS Experimenta docks in Uerdingen: It … Read more

Cologne-Rodenkirchen: fire brigade rescues passengers from damaged boat

Cologne-Rodenkirchen: fire brigade rescues passengers from damaged boat

Cologne-Rodenkirchen – A boat ran aground on the night of Whit Monday in the Rodenkirchen district of Cologne on the Rhine. The people on the boat were rescued unharmed, said a fire department spokesman on Monday morning. When the water level was low, the boat got stuck at Rhine kilometer 681. “We launched a small … Read more

The largest container ports in the world in 2021

The largest container ports in the world in 2021

– Düsseldorf Hamburg and Amsterdam are among the largest ports in Europe. In comparison to container ports in Asia, however, they are above all – small. This is shown by statistics from the German traffic newspaper (DVZ), which specializes in logistics issues. The 2020 figures were collected in March 2021. The handling volume of the … Read more

Offenbach: Rower (15) gets under cargo ship on Main | Regional

Offenbach: Rower (15) gets under cargo ship on Main |  Regional

Offenbach – A self-inflating life collar probably saved the life of a young rower (15)! The girl collided with a large cargo ship on the Main, partially getting under her hull. The life jacket did its job: the collar puffed up and brought the athlete back to the surface of the water. also read Other … Read more

Wilhelmshaven: Corona outbreak on Navy ship | NDR.de – Nachrichten – Lower Saxony

Wilhelmshaven: Corona outbreak on Navy ship |  NDR.de – Nachrichten – Lower Saxony

Status: 02/24/2021 10:52 a.m. – The Navy did not say on which ship the virus broke out. – A corona outbreak occurred on a marine ship of the “Einsatzflottille 2” from Wilhelmshaven. Two crew members tested positive for Covid-19, their contact persons are isolated. The Navy did not disclose which ship it is and where … Read more

Larger corona outbreak on ship? A sailor dies | NDR.de – news

Larger corona outbreak on ship?  A sailor dies |  NDR.de – news

Status: December 17, 2020 12:45 p.m. There may be a major corona outbreak on the cargo ship “Yeoman Bank”. As the accident command announced, a seaman died on Wednesday night. There is a suspicion that the man was infected with the coronavirus. The freighter was assigned a place of refuge in the Elbe port of … Read more