A red light clearly signals when the lock gate is closed and entry is prohibited.
A red light clearly signals when the lock gate is closed and entry is prohibited.
Article Lock in Kiel-Holtenau is back in operation after accident
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 4 September 2020
Video Vessel "ELSE" crashes into closed lock gate in Kiel-Holtenau on 29.08.2020
published on 31 August 2020
Shortly after 5 a.m. local time the vessel “Else” had a collision in the Kiel-Holtenau lock to the Kiel Canal.
The "Else" subject to pilotage passed the pilot's boarding position without taking a sea pilot on board and collided from the outside into the closed gate of the new north lock. The bow bored into the metal construction and the ship was stuck for about six hours.
For more information about this accident see related content below (articles).
Article Investigation report on the Kiel Canal lock collision of August 2020
published on 27 October 2022
The Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) hereby announces the publication of the Investigation Report No. 285/20 on 26 October 2022. The report deals with the contact of the multipurpose ship ELSE with a closed lockgate of the Kiel-Holtenau lock which occurred on 29 August 2020.
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by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 9 February 2021
Video EMMA Extension – Smart fairway digitalization pilot in Saimaa
published on 9 October 2020
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by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 2 September 2020
Article Issue No. 46 of the ANPRA Bulletin, ‘Pilots and Manoeuvres: Heading for the Future’
by Anpra Colombia - published on 16 September 2026
Video At least 10 dead, 251 injured after chlorine gas leak at Jordan’s Aqaba port
published on 28 June 2022
At least ten people died and 251 were injured in a chlorine gas leak from a storage tank at Jordan's Aqaba port, officials and state media reported on Monday, as authorities called on residents to shut windows and stay indoors. The leak came after a tank filled with 25 tonnes of chlorine gas being exported to Djibouti fell while being transported, officials said. A video posted on state television's Twitter page showed a storage tank falling from a winch and slamming into the deck of a ship,...
