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Man wakes to 11,000-tonne container ship crashing into yard

Rob Beschizza
May 23, 2025
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Johan Helberg, of Byneset near Trodnheim in Norway, awoke at 5 a.m. Thursday to find an 11,000-tonne container ship in his back yard. The NCL Salten had grounded itself on the shore just feet from his bedroom. Officials were quick to make clear this shouldn't have happened.

"I went to the window and was quite astonished to see a big ship," he…

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