Ship aground in garden near Trondheim, Norway

[spowiednick]

If the OOW was sleeping & was w/o lookout/helmsman. then it seems to me BNWAS was off or wrongly set up (alarm time and sequence).

Also suspect some alarms regarding waypoint should be active and loud on ECDIS.

Wonder if this accident would happen if track mode was ON if properly configured and available.

[spowiednick]

A Ukrainian Second Officer has been charged with negligent navigation under Norway’s Ship Safety and Security Act after the containership NCL Salten [ran aground] near Trondheim on Thursday.

Second Officer Charged in Containership’s Grounding Near Norwegian Home

Added: This SHIP HAPPENS epizod by Dr.Sal i simply stellar!!!
I am still rolling with laughter.

Dr. Sal !!! Think about making live stand up tours around coastal states in USA and all over the world. . Win the crowds and I will vote for You to become IMO Secretary General.

From minute 17 the material is abt a/m accident .

Ship Happens | Containership Almost Hits a House | Ship Launch | River Pilots | Ship Adrift

[ChaplainDarrell]

And the lookout said “i TOLD YOU that was a lighthouse, not a channel marker”.

[ombugge]

And unusual problem, not normally encountered with salvage operations has been encountered. Another landslide has occurred near where the grounded NCL Salten is still standing firmly aground:

Containerskip på grunn: starter arbeidet med å lette skipet

Landslide in progress at the grounded ship: Have evacuated and cordoned off the area

LASTS: In connection with the work to check the ground conditions around the ship, a new landslide has occurred close to NCL Salten.
KJARTAN OVESEN/NRK

A landslide close to the cargo ship is developing and people are being evacuated from the area.
– We are relying on advice from geotechnical engineers. And we have chosen to evacuate four residential buildings for the time being, in addition to closing the road and expelling people who have been in the area.

This is what the incident commander on site, Viggo Hansen, tells NRK.
– The landslide is evolving and changed while we were standing down there.
The incident commander says that it has erupted in several places and the places vary in width from 10 to 50 meters.

Johan Helberg, who got the ship in the garden on Thursday morning, was standing looking out the window when the landslide occurred.
– We stood and watched as a good number of trees were lost and the wood the neighbor had cut down was now scattered across the sea. And the beach will never regain its old appearance.
Helberg is not one of the evacuees as his house stands on bedrock.
“There is solid professional expertise on site,” says Helberg, taking it all in stride.

It was around 4:30 p.m. that a landslide occurred during the work to free the ship at Byneset in Trondheim.
– The landslide has occurred approximately 300 meters from the ship and is 20 to 30 meters wide.
Just 15 minutes before, there were eight to ten people at the site of the landslide, according to Berggren.
– They had gone inside the police barriers.

On Saturday, several spectators made the trip to Byneset to see the ship.
Photo: Tariq Alisubh / NRK

Gotta make the ship lighter

On Saturday, the Towboat Company is preparing to remove the 135-meter-long ship that ran aground in Trondheim.
– Containers will be unloaded from eight o’clock tomorrow morning, says Ole T. Bjørnevik, general manager of Taubåtkompaniet to NRK.
Geological surveys are also being carried out on site.
– What we have done today is check the ground conditions around and under the boat.

Unsure how long it will take.

Ole T. Bjørnevik says they will get started on the work as soon as they can.
– First we have to secure the boat, get the cargo off and light it. Then we can tow it off.
Bjørnevik explains that the boat is standing with a displacement of well over 2,000 tons at the bow.
“The first thing that needs to be done is to lighten the ship, and then the containers have to be taken off the ship,” says Bjørnevik.
– We have estimated a week’s time. It will be well into next week before we have the opportunity to pull the ship off shore.

[Klaveness]

Found on r/norge:

Helthjem (literally “all the way home”) is a Norwegian parcel service. The joke is that Johan was the first person ever to receive one of their packages on time.

[spowiednick]

Is Norway sinking Dr Bugge? I am worried.

[ombugge]

Don’t worry, Norway is mostly solid granite. NCL Salten just missed it, but set off several landslides caused by known “Quick clay” near by:

Quick clay is the name given to a special type of clay that can collapse and become thin-flowing when overloaded. Quick clay occurs primarily in Norway and Sweden, but is also found in Finland, Russia, Canada and Alaska.

Source: NGI - Hva er kvikkleire?

[spowiednick]

Is it something like quick sand . Both are different though but effect is similar like with sinkholes i believe.

The term thin flowing rings like liquefaction and transportable moisture limits with vibration causing the phenomenon.

One of the methods to determine TML and moisture content is called NORVEGIAN

[ombugge]

@spowiednick

The term thin flowing rings like liquefaction and transportable moisture limits with vibration causing the phenomenon.

Yes it is the same, or similar to liquification that happen with certain bulk cargoes, if the moisture content is too high. (TML): Bulk cargo liquefaction guidance
it sinks bulkers regularly: Cargo liquefaction is largest cause of deaths in dry bulk sector, according to report

PS> Last major incident caused by quick clay in Norway:

Shocking Photos Reveal Full Horror Of Norway Landslide

[By-C]

The QM yelps at birds he sighted meant that land must have been nearby…

[ombugge]

The salvage operation is underway: Unloading from the ship has begun.

Containers are now being lifted by NCL Salten to make the ship lighter.

Nå starter bergingsaksjonen på Byneset i Trondheim

Containers are unloaded from the ship at Byneset Tariq Alisubh

Order from the Norwegian Coastal Administration

On Saturday evening, the Norwegian Coastal Administration issued an order to the shipping company to remove the ship and take measures against acute pollution.

It states that the NCL Salten grounded with great force, and that the grounding caused the ship to “stand heavily with punctures in the forward hull and movements of masses on land.”

– The ship is stable, but the time it is aground, movements in the vessel and removal operations with extraction pose a risk of acute pollution, writes the Norwegian Coastal Administration.

Quick clay on site

On Sunday, the municipality confirmed that there is quick clay at the site.
– There is quick clay there and that means we have to be very careful. That is why we are there with geotechnicians both from the municipality and I know NVE is there and cooperating with us, said technical manager in Trondheim municipality, Thomas Eidsmo.

QUICK CLAY: Trondheim Municipality describes the situation around the stranded ship at Byneset as unclear. There is quick clay in the ground and more landslides are feared. Tariq Alisubh

[spowiednick]

THE MOMENT OF GROUNDING COUGHT ON CAMERA

36K reactions · 970 shares | Um navio no jardim. Só na Noruega! 🇳🇴 #navio...

[ombugge]

Here is the house that nearly got hit:
https://www.gulesider.no/kart/søk/hangerslettvegen-489-7070-bosberg?t=geos&c=63.405341,10.070163&z=15.95&l=aerial&sia=1&b=63.40662,10.070561;63.404777,10.076933
Why does some media insist on calling it a “Cabin”. It is a fairly large house, not a seaside retreat.

Police Arrest Second Officer Reporting He Was Asleep When Ship Grounded

The shipping company is responsible for arranging the salvage but the Administration will review the plan. It is noting that it can ask the shipping company for additional measures as necessary to ensure preparedness to prevent pollution or damage.

The Administration expects the planning to require some time and it would then review the information. No timeline has been offered for when the vessel will be refloated.

Oh yes it has. The salvage contact has been awarded to Taubåtkompaniet AS and the Salvage Master sounds confident he can pull her off on HW on Wednedsay this week:

- Samarbeidet har vært veldig bra

Sorry, only in Norwegian, no translation available.

PS> He stat that the Master on NCL Salten is a Dutch national, not Norwegian as reported earlier.

[ombugge]

Latest news on the salvage operation:
The work of unloading containers from the ship is progressing faster than expected. The ship could be towed away as early as Tuesday.

Photo: Tariq Alisubh / NRK

The Norwegian Maritime Authority writes in a press release that the unloading work is going better than expected, and that the ship can be moved at the first high tide, that is, at midnight on Tuesday night.

Managing Director of the Towboat Company, Ole T. Bjørnevik
Photo: Bjarte M. Johannesen / NRK
Bjørnevik is responsible for the towing of the ship, he tells NRK that the towing will not happen until Tuesday.
– The plan has been accelerated. That was the intention on Wednesday, but now it looks like things have gone so fast that we are trying for high tide tomorrow around noon.

Area closed after landslide

– We have been working on mapping the ground conditions since Thursday. There are landslide-prone masses there. There is quick clay, among other things. Part of what we are working on now is finding out where the boundary is between solid ground and the soft, landslide-prone masses.
This is according to Tomas Eidsmo, Technical Manager in Trondheim Municipality.

The family in the house closest to the landslide area is still evacuated, and will meet with Trondheim Municipality’s crisis management on Monday evening:

Photo: Tariq Alisubh / NRK

Source: Vurderer å trekke skipet på Byneset fra land tidligere enn planlagt – NRK Trøndelag – Lokale nyheter, TV og radio

[ombugge]

The accused says no alarm went off

The man who was on the bridge when the container ship ran aground at Byneset has told the police that he did not hear any alarm before the ship ran aground.

AGROUND: The ship drove straight into the shore next to a detached house at Byneset outside Trondheim on Thursday. Photo: Helge Bull-Engelstad / NRK

Photo: Tariq Alisubh / NRK
PS> As can be seen, if she had hit land 10-15 m. to Stb. she would have hit solid granite, rather than a gently sloping sand/gravel beach.

The man has the status of a suspect and has been questioned by the police.
– What we have been informed by the accused himself is that no alarm has been set off, says the prosecutor in charge of the case in the Trøndelag Police District, Kjetil Bruland Sørensen, to NRK.

The accused served as second mate on board during the voyage in question and has explained in questioning that he fell asleep alone on duty.
– As the police understand it, there should always be two people on the bridge, but it is open to one person being on it if the necessary precautions have been taken.
And necessary precautions include alarms that should alert you to situations where the navigator on duty does not have control of the ship.

Checking the systems

– We have a clear picture of the incident itself, but what we are now checking are the underlying conditions surrounding the staffing, as well as the work and rest time regulations.
The accused man is said to have gone on duty at midnight on Thursday night. The duty was supposed to last until 6:00 AM.
– Before the shift, he had been off since 6 pm in the afternoon, says Sørensen.
In addition to the accused, an AB went on watch at midnight, with the task of being on the lookout at night. He went off duty when the sun rose, 4.20, an hour before the grounding. Sørensen says this is a watch arrangement that is common on ships.
– After the AB went off watch, he contacted the port by telephone. He then made a small course change that was in line with the planned route. But after this he fell asleep and did not make the further course change that was necessary to enter Orkangerfjorden.

To have one person on watch in daylight requires alarm systems, or barriers are that prevent the person from falling asleep or being unable to navigate the ship for other reasons.
– We will investigate this a bit. Based on information from the accused, there is nothing to indicate that any alarms were triggered from this bridge watch system or other systems on board, says Sørensen.
The police will also investigate whether those involved had sufficient rest time before their shift.
– We will be in contact with a number of different authorities to obtain documentation, including regarding the ship’s history, says Sørensen.

The captain still have status as suspect

It has not yet been practically possible to question the captain of the ship, who still has the status of a suspect.
– We want to interview the captain as soon as possible. He is a bit busy with this salvage operation, but we are having a dialogue to find the best time, Sørensen explains to NRK

[ombugge]

She is off:

Nå er konteinerskipet dratt ut av hagen til Johan

Video:

Her trekkes skipet av grunn

Taubåten trekker skipet av grunn

Direct video:

Opptak: Fra direktesendingen dagen de trakk skipet av grunn

Two tugs were used to pull her off:
BOA BRAGE (BP 65 m.t.): BOA BRAGE | BOA Offshore

BOA BALDER (BP 65 m.t.): BOA BALDER | BOA Offshore

NCL Salten: DNV Vessel Register
Seen here in Breisundet leaving Ålesund south bound 23.04.2024:

Photo: Magnar Lyngstad
No disturbing beach or house around for a change.

Now on her way to Orkanger to discharge reminding containers:

Where she will be going for docking is not yet clear,

Update:
Arrived Orkanger:

Source: Orkanger - Havna fra Langbrua ork 7 webkamera
PS> Only 5 days delayed.

[ombugge]

There is an American side to the story:

Johan Helberg and his girlfriend Joanne Fielder have taken the experience in good spirits. Photo: Leslie Tangen / TV 2

Johan Helberg’s girlfriend, Joanne Fielder, describes it as a fantastic experience to have a container ship in the garden.
The story of Helberg, who was sleeping when the ship crashed into his garden and didn’t wake up until a neighbor rang the bell, has gone around the world.
– You haven’t had much alone time this past week?
– We haven’t, with all of you from the media who have kept us in good company. A film crew has also come to make a documentary about us. They have even stayed overnight and we have had breakfast and dinner together, says Helberg.
Now Fielder invites the press to a summer barbecue in their garden.
– You are most welcome again, even if we don’t have an exciting ship in the yard.

Joanne Fielder is a native of Los Angeles, who studied in Norway before moving to Oregon in 1978.

About 1 — Joanne Fielder Fine Art Photography

[spowiednick]

Summary:
On 22 May 2025, at approximately 05:00 local time, the Cyprus-flagged container vessel (135 meters LOA) ran aground in a residential area near Trondheim, Norway. The vessel, reportedly transiting at ~16 knots, deviated from its expected navigational path inside the Trondheim Fjord and came to rest in a civilian garden, meters from a home. No injuries or pollution were reported. But the resident wake up and saw a giant bow on their yard.

The vessel was en route to Orkanger with 16 crew onboard (Norwegian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, and Russian nationals). Authorities have confirmed an ongoing investigation, with one crew member identified as a suspect.

Based solely on the published facts, several operational domains require scrutiny:

1. Track Deviation in Confined Waters

The fjord is a confined and well-charted coastal waterway. Failure to execute a standard alteration of course indicates a breakdown in real-time route execution. Whether due to loss of situational awareness, monitoring failure, or procedural omission, the result was uncontrolled shoreward transit.

2. Bridge Resource Management (BRM)

The incident suggests a lapse in coordinated bridge team function. Allocation of roles, decision hierarchy, and mutual cross-checking will be focal points. Inadequate challenge-response culture or complacency in familiar waters are recurrent risk factors in similar cases.

3. ECDIS and Alarm Handling

If deviation alarms were generated and not acted upon, this implies poor ECDIS integration into bridge operations. Voyage plan adherence, waypoint validation, and active monitoring settings will be critical data points.

4. Watchkeeping and Fatigue

The time of occurrence (dawn period) increases fatigue exposure. STCW-compliant watch schedules, effective lookout posting, and officer alertness are core investigative parameters.

5. ISM Code Application

Clauses 7 and 8 of the ISM Code (navigational procedures and emergency preparedness) will be assessed against actual crew responses and procedural adherence during the incident.

6. Environmental and Civil Risk

While no spill occurred, grounding within a residential zone constitutes a severe near-miss scenario with elevated reputational, regulatory, and legal implications.

This case highlights the convergence of human, procedural, and system layers in safe navigation. Even in familiar, routine coastal passages, strict adherence to fundamental seamanship, redundancy in monitoring, and an active safety culture remain indispensable.

[Hornblower]

Maybe he just fell asleep.

[spowiednick]

He did