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A cargo ship had stuck in front of the Mainz industrial port on a sandbank in the Rhine. After the successful pumping of the cargo, the journey can continue.

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A cargo ship had landed in front of the Mainz industrial port on a sandbank in the Rhine. After the successful pumping of the cargo, the journey can continue.A tanker from Belgium, temporarily seated in front of the Mainz industrial port, was released. With the help of a second ship, the loaded diesel was partly pumped off and the weight of the freighter was thus reduced, said a spokesman of the water protection police. As a result, the motor sh…

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Fixed driveway at the entrance Industriehafen Mainz – A tanker loaded with 1,767 t diesel is probably stuck on a sandbank due to too high discharge (+ca. 30 cm above guaranteed depth) and low entry speed just before the industrial port entrance on the left-hand side of the Rhine. A first turn trial, as well as a towing attempt with the spontaneously available fire extinguishing boat of the fire brigade Mainz/Wiesbaden fails. By the current maste…