Overview
- Roughly 3,000 liters of diesel leaked Saturday evening between Eibelstadt and Goßmannsdorf after a suspected technical defect on a fully occupied passenger ship.
- Navigation is halted between the Erlabrunn and Goßmannsdorf locks for nearly 30 kilometers as containment and cleanup continue for several days.
- Responders installed an oil boom across the river, and a thin oil film that reached the Würzburg area was continuously monitored and secured.
- The Wasserschutzpolizei alerted the integrated control center, triggering a coordinated response of about 100 firefighters and aid organizations under the Kreisbrandinspektion Würzburg.
- After the hull was cleaned and the leak repaired, authorities inspected the vessel and cleared it to continue to Schweinfurt on Saturday night.