General cargo ship HAV MARLIN contacted pier while mooring at Vierow Port, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Baltic sea, in the morning Sep 5, on arrival from Antwerp via Kiel Canal, with 2800 tons of fertilizers on board. Both ship and pier sustained damages, ship’s portside forecastle and bow are heavily dented. No hull breach, no leak reported.
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