Barge drifted downstream the Rhine after collision
On Dec 18, 2017, at 8.50 p.m. the "General“, 3017 ts (EU-No. 02319642) was in collision with a barge on the Rhine at river km 352. The barge which was being pushed by the "General" broke off and drifted uncontrolled about eight kilometers downstream. A boat of the water police Karlsruhe took on board two crew members of the "General" who could be dropped off on the barge. They managed to anchor it at river km 360,4, but it had suffered hull damage and was threatened to sink due to a water ingress. The fire brigade Karslruhe managed to stem the flooding with dewatering pumps. In the morning of Dec 19 it was pulled into the Rhine Port in Karlsruhe. The river had to be barred for shipping after the accident between Wörth and the Iffezheim lock until the foremidday hours.
