Both the owner of the tanker that collided with the frigate KNM Helge Ingstad and workers at the shipyard where the frigate was built have challenged a preliminary report on the collision issued last week by Norway’s state accident investigation board. That follows accusations that the report has downplayed the role of the crew on […]
Weather delays frigate salvage
December 6, 2018
Norwegian naval officials don’t think they’ll be able to raise the wreckage of the frigate KNM Helge Ingstad until after the Christmas holidays, because of what they call “demanding weather conditions.” Salvage crews did manage, however, to remove the frigate’s missiles this week. Newspaper Bergens Tidende reported that the weather was good until Monday afternoon, […]
Ex-maritime chief blasts frigate report
December 5, 2018
A former top official at Norway’s state maritime directorate who’s also a veteran of the UN’s International Maritime Organzation (IMO) is strongly criticizing a preliminary report on last month’s collision and near sinking of the frigate KNM Helge Ingstad. He claims the report downplays the responsibility of the frigate’s crew, and calls the collision “an […]
Navy scrambles to fix vessel faults
November 29, 2018
The serious collision between a Norwegian frigate and a fully-laden tanker northeast of Bergen earlier this month is already having some consequences. Accident investigators have found fault with the frigate’s supposedly water-tight compartment design, while the Navy is also tightening rules for when the frigates and other military vessels can turn off their Automatic Indentification […]
Human error likely in frigate collision
November 29, 2018
Norway’s state accident investigation board issued a preliminary report on Thursday in which it found “no indications that technical systems did not function as expected,” prior to the dramatic collision between a Norwegian frigate and a tanker earlier this month. That suggests human error, investigators acknowledged, while noting that “no single act or incident” was […]
Frigate questions frustrate minister
November 28, 2018
He hasn’t resorted to calling them “enemies of the people,” like US President Donald Trump has, but Norwegian Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen has definitely come out swinging against inquisitive reporters. He thinks they’ve been asking far too many questions after a Norwegian frigate collided with a tanker earlier this month. “It’s quite unique that an […]
Navy ship collided after frigate duty
November 26, 2018
The Norwegian Navy suffered another accident on Sunday, when a vessel that had spent the weekend coordinating the salvage of the mostly sunken frigate KNM Helge Ingstad collided itself with a small boat. Questions are rising, meanwhile, over how the government will cover the rapidly mounting costs of the frigate’s own collision and salvage operation. […]
US officer was on frigate’s bridge
November 21, 2018
Norwegian media were reporting Wednesday morning that a US naval officer was on the bridge of the doomed Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad when it collided with a tanker off Norway’s West Coast two weeks ago. The frigate, meanwhile, remains mostly underwater but has been stabilized. Newspapers Dagens Næringsliv (DN) and Bergens Tidende (BT) reported that […]
Americans on board ill-fated frigate
November 19, 2018
When a Norwegian sailor on the bridge of the Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad was asked the size of the crew on board, right after the frigate had collided with a tanker, he can clearly be heard reporting “134” on tapes of the marine traffic log. The number was even repeated, yet the official number of […]
Frigate’s oil spurs seafood warnings
November 16, 2018
Oil seeping from the mostly sunken wreckage of the Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad has prompted state food safety agency Mattilsynet to warn against eating seafood caught in the area. Farmed salmon is also being checked for any signs of oil pollution. The warnings were issued Friday amidst plans to raise the stricken warship and transport […]
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