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).
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