Nordstjernen ran aground at Tonjer fire
On Nov 11, 2013, at 10 p.m. the "Nordstjernen" with 21 persons on board ran aground at the northern spit of Storøy in the Karm Sound, west of Tonjer l/h. Two tugs failed to refloat the vessel on Nov 12 at 3 a.m. It finally could be refloated at 7 a.m. with the high tide.
The ship was pulled off by three tugs including the "Mega Mammut" and docked in Haugesund around 7.30 a.m. where the Haugaland and Hardangerfjord police boarded the vessel at the Garpaskjærs Quay to interrogate the crew and take drug tests of the bridge crew.
The ship suffered some damage but was not leaking. The Norwegian Coastguard deployed the patrol boat "Ålesund" which was monitoring the situation since 1 a.m. and a Seaking helicopter, the NSSR the lifeboat "Bergen Kreds" which in vain tried to pull the "Nordstjernen" off at 11.30 p.m.
On Nov 11, 2013, at 10 p.m. the "Nordstjernen" with 21 persons on board ran aground at the northern spit of Storøy in the Karm Sound, west of Tonjer l/h. Two tugs failed to refloat the vessel on Nov 12 at 3 a.m. It finally could be refloated at 7 a.m. with the high tide.
The ship was pulled off by three tugs including the "Mega Mammut" and docked in Haugesund around 7.30 a.m. where the Haugaland and Hardangerfjord police boarded the vessel at the Garpaskjærs Quay to interrogate the crew and take drug tests of the bridge crew.
The ship suffered some damage but was not leaking. The Norwegian Coastguard deployed the patrol boat "Ålesund" which was monitoring the situation since 1 a.m. and a Seaking helicopter, the NSSR the lifeboat "Bergen Kreds" which in vain tried to pull the "Nordstjernen" off at 11.30 p.m.