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If wild weather and heavy seas weren’t enough to contend with, oceangoing vessels now have thousands of 300 tonne wind turbine towers to dodge and avoid. Recently a German cargo ship the Petra L, came off second-best when it failed to do so. After colliding with one of these giant whirling wonders, the vessel was left with a hole in her hull the size of a barn door. Fortunately, the boat stayed afloat and no one was killed or injured (this time).

Cargo Ship Arrives in Germany with Large Hole After Striking Wind Farm
Maritime Executive
26 April 2023

Germany’s water police are investigating what they believe may be the first case in which a working merchant ship underway struck a North Sea wind turbine. The captain of the vessel according to the police has so far not explained how his vessel received a hole the “size of a barn…