The Viking Kvasir collided with one other ship this morning on the Rhine river close to Wesel, Germany. The accident occured in the course of the river cruise ships’s Antwerpen to Amsterdam low 
nation cruise. A few passengers and a number of other crew reportedly sustained minor accidents. We acquired the next info from a passengers on the ship who needs to stay nameless:
“The first officer was piloting the ship this morning in heavy fog and there was one other barge/ship that was apparently sideways (you may see this from the picture taken from one of many balconies) on the Rhine that we hit. It was at 6:50 a.m. this morning Wesel Germany time. Most of the passengers have been nonetheless in mattress and we might really feel the ship engines in full reverse for 3-5 seconds after which an enormous crash and the sound of breaking glass in our room.
After issues began to calm down, they held a shipwide assembly within the lounge and the Hotel Manager stated it was the opposite ship’s fault, and the Viking ship has video proof of it.
Fortunately, accidents have been minimal — apart from the delight of the primary officer . . . she was 
overcome with emotion and was applauded by all the passengers for doing the whole lot she might to attenuate and avert the collision. There was very restricted visibility and shortly after we collided, we noticed the opposite ship perpendicular to our ship after which it disappeared into the fog. One crew member was taken to a physician for burns (the cooks have been getting ready breakfast service). Others had minor cuts (primarily from selecting up LOTS of damaged glassware) together with within the state rooms. A few passengers had minor accidents as a result of they have been standing when the ships collided.
The collision occurred a few mile from Viking’s privately owned dock in Wesel. Damage was above the waterline and no water was taken on. They eliminated the tarp that covers the glass roof of the Aquavit terrace and have used it to cowl up the harm (as within the earlier accidents this 12 months proven in your website).
Breakfast and lunch companies have been cancelled. Not positive how a lot dishware is left. Morning excursions carried on and the ship is being resupplied as scheduled. It seems there may be a minimum of one Viking govt on the ship. He wasn’t a member of the crew and was sporting a go well with jacket with a Viking title tag.
There are just a few cops interviewing the First Officer proper now, in addition to somebody from the port authority. The captain and two land primarily based technicians analyzing the extent of the harm.”
Photos taken by a #cruise visitor – @VikingCruises Viking Kvasir collides with unidentified ship on the Rhine river close to Wesel, Germany . . . pic.twitter.com/9ofGlfYJ8N
— James (Jim) Walker (@CruiseLegislation) September 11, 2022
The final accident involving a Viking river cruise ship (the Viking Hermod) occurred in early July of this 12 months. There have been a minimum of six accidents involving Viking river ships within the final six 
years, involving the Viking Aegir, Viking Sigyn, Viking Freya, Viking Idun, and an unidentified river cruise ship (some recognized the ship as a Viking longship), in addition to a few incidents involving river ships operated by different corporations, together with the M/S Swiss Crystal and Scylla Edelweiss. You can learn a abstract of those accidents right here.
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Don’t look beneath the quilt! @VikingCruises covers up the harm to the Viking Kvasir #cruise ship on the Rhine this morning: pic.twitter.com/sO2pkaYBCE
— James (Jim) Walker (@CruiseLegislation) September 11, 2022
September 12, 2022 Update:
Newsweek lined the collision in an article titled: Cruise Ship Collides With Another Vessel After Getting Caught in Heavy Fog
September 13, 2022 Update:
NZ Herald reported on the collision: Viking river cruise collides with ship on the Rhine