Collision on Kiel-Canal

[portagent]

Last night two ships collided in Kiel-Canal. Fortunately both vessels were damaged above the waterline and could continue their voyage up to Brunsbuettel-locks, where authorities started their investigations.

Vessels involved :
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=79558

and

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=158821

[Charles McAllister]

I know this is an extremely busy area, but it seems that there have been an unusually high number of collisions in the Kiel Canal and vicinity in recent years.  I have seen reports of several within the space of a few weeks, both ship-ship and ship-lock incidents severe enough to cause significant damage, sometimes closing the canal to shipping for a while.  

This is my impression from reading many reports, but I confess I do not have first hand knowledge of the region.  Am I perhaps wrong in my impression, or does the Kiel canal have a higher incidence of collisions than other shipping "choke points"?

Charles

[portagent]

hello Charles,

to give you an impression about Kiel-Canal please look at :
http://www.kiel-canal.org/english.htm

[Mark]

I have never found on the web a special website concerned to ships collision in Kiel Kanal.
It would be very interesting!

It is truth, that there were a lot of collisions, for example Heinrich Heine vs. Maataram, Wygozero, and many others.
As I know, sometimes they are caused by pilot mistakes.

Regards,
MJK.

[Charles McAllister]

Portagent,

Thanks for the link.  That is a lot of shipping!
Still seems like a high accident rate.

Charles