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Ship Knocks Containers Into River As It Sails Into Giant Red Bridge You Can't Miss

Justin T. Westbrook
Yesterday 1:10PM • Filed to: BOATLOPNIK

The Willemsbrug, a bridge in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, was painted bright red when it was completed back in 1981. While it helps it stand out against the beautiful northern blue sky, it would also hopefully act as a literal red flag for ships to avoid, too, but a German barge just collided with it.

Shipping traffic on the Nieuwe Maas river has been severely limited by police after a German shipping barge collided with the Willemsbrug (yes, -brug) earlier today. Video of the collision shows the ship’s yellow containers colliding with the lower horizontal support of the bridge, and the local police report six containers were knocked into the water.



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Rijinmond reports nobody was injured in the collision, and that some pieces were left hanging down from the Willems. It also reports the shipping containers were supposedly empty, and that at least three had been fully recovered from the water.

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