The Viking Kvasir collided with one other ship this morning on the Rhine river close to Wesel, Germany. The accident occured throughout the river cruise ships’s Antwerpen to Amsterdam low 
nation cruise. A few passengers and a number of other crew reportedly sustained minor accidents. We obtained the next data from a passengers on the ship who needs to stay nameless:
“The primary officer was piloting the ship this morning in heavy fog and there was one other barge/ship that was apparently sideways (you’ll be able to see this from the photograph taken from one of many balconies) on the Rhine that we hit. It was at 6:50 a.m. this morning Wesel Germany time. A lot of the passengers have been nonetheless in mattress and we might really feel the ship engines in full reverse for 3-5 seconds after which a large crash and the sound of breaking glass in our room.
After issues began to cool down, they held a shipwide assembly within the lounge and the Lodge Supervisor stated it was the opposite ship’s fault, and the Viking ship has video proof of it.
Fortuitously, accidents have been minimal — aside from the pleasure of the primary officer . . . she was 
overcome with emotion and was applauded by the entire passengers for doing every thing she might to reduce and avert the collision. There was very restricted visibility and shortly after we collided, we noticed the opposite ship perpendicular to our ship after which it disappeared into the fog. One crew member was taken to a physician for burns (the cooks have been making ready breakfast service). Others had minor cuts (primarily from selecting up LOTS of damaged glassware) together with within the state rooms. A few passengers had minor accidents as a result of they have been standing when the ships collided.
The collision occurred a couple of mile from Viking’s privately owned dock in Wesel. Injury was above the waterline and no water was taken on. They eliminated the tarp that covers the glass roof of the Aquavit terrace and have used it to cowl up the harm (as within the earlier accidents this yr proven in your web site).
Breakfast and lunch companies have been cancelled. Undecided how a lot dishware is left. Morning excursions carried on and the ship is being resupplied as scheduled. It seems there’s at the very least one Viking government on the ship. He wasn’t a member of the crew and was sporting a swimsuit jacket with a Viking identify tag.
There are a number of cops interviewing the First Officer proper now, in addition to somebody from the port authority. The captain and two land based mostly technicians analyzing the extent of the harm.”
Photographs taken by a #cruise visitor – @VikingCruises Viking Kvasir collides with unidentified ship on the Rhine river close to Wesel, Germany . . . pic.twitter.com/9ofGlfYJ8N
— James (Jim) Walker (@CruiseLaw) September 11, 2022
The final accident involving a Viking river cruise ship (the Viking Hermod) occurred in early July of this yr. There have been at the very least six accidents involving Viking river ships within the final six 
years, involving the Viking Aegir, Viking Sigyn, Viking Freya, Viking Idun, and an unidentified river cruise ship (some recognized the ship as a Viking longship), in addition to a few incidents involving river ships operated by different firms, together with the M/S Swiss Crystal and Scylla Edelweiss. You’ll be able to learn a abstract of those accidents right here.
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Do not look below the duvet! @VikingCruises covers up the harm to the Viking Kvasir #cruise ship on the Rhine this morning: pic.twitter.com/sO2pkaYBCE
— James (Jim) Walker (@CruiseLaw) September 11, 2022
