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When the MSC Baltic III ran aground on the shores of Cedar Cove on Newfoundland’s west coast in February, the first concern was getting the 20 crew members off safely. The ship is massive, at 207 metres long and 30 metres wide, and the coast guard in the area immediately …
Read More »A cargo ship ran aground and nearly crashed into a Norway doorway
The cargo ship didn’t make it to Johan Helberg’s doorway, but it came close enough. “Five metres further south, and it would have entered the bedroom,” the Norwegian man told BBC News, describing the proximity of the 135-metre-long NCL Salten that ran aground outside his home in Byneset, Norway, along the Trondheim …
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