Accident on the Moselle river

[notamermaid]

During last night, just before 2am, a river cruise ship scraped the old railway line bridge at Konz near Trier. The ship's bridge had not been lowered enough and  the top of it was ripped off. No reported injuries, thankfully.

 

Initial assessment is human error. The ship is fully functional, but nevertheless police put the damage at a six figure sum (in euros).

 

Here is the report from a local German newspaper: https://www.volksfreund.de/blaulicht/passagierschiff-faehrt-gegen-konzer-eisenbahnbruecke-fuehrerhaus-beschaedigt_aid-45932405

The ship's name has been covered up, but we can make out that it is the Swiss Crown.

 

The Moselle has a few more low bridges, by the way. But the worst in terms of bridges appears to be the Main where past cruisers have reported that the sundeck is mostly closed due to this fact. If you would like to read more on the Main river, look for the thread dedicated to the river.

 

notamermaid

 

[1of4]

Yikes!  Glad to read nobody was hurt.  Thanks for sharing.

[hcross888]

Thanks for the article!  We just returned from this cruise, and the sun deck was closed almost the entire trip.  We had never had that happen on our other 3 review cruises.

[dogs4fun]

Thanks for posting - we have never experienced a closed sun deck on any of our cruises. Happy that there were no injuries.