A cargo ship ran aground and nearly crashed into a Norway doorway

Geoff Nixon · CBC News

· Posted: May 23, 2025 7:01 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

The cargo vessel didn't marque it to Johan Helberg's doorway, but it came adjacent enough.

"Five metres further south, and it would person entered the bedroom," the Norwegian antheral told BBC News, describing the proximity of the NCL Salten that ran aground extracurricular his location successful Byneset, Norway, on the Trondheim Fiord, connected Thursday morning.

"And that wouldn't person been peculiarly pleasant."

Helberg told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he'd slept done the full thing — and a neighbour rang his doorbell to effort to get his attention.

The Trondheim Fiord is 130 kilometres agelong and is Norway's third-largest fiord.

A startling show portion 'half-awake'

Jostein Jørgensen, who lives nearby, saw the vessel arsenic it was headed toward the shore.

"I was half-awake and I heard a vessel I thought was passing by, truthful I conscionable wanted to get up and look retired the bath window," helium told Norway's TV2.

WATCH | Seeing the vessel spell aground: 

Jørgensen waved his arms and whistled, but it was to nary avail.

The vessel had 16 radical aboard astatine the clip of the crash, according to Norwegian police. No injuries oregon spills were reported.

Shipping institution NCL said it was co-operating with an probe into the incident.

In a connection posted online, constabulary said 1 idiosyncratic has subsequently been charged with negligent navigation. It's alleged that a unit subordinate fell asleep.

"The idiosyncratic charged was the serviceman connected ticker astatine the clip of the incident," authoritative Kjetil Bruland Sørensen said successful the constabulary statement.

"During questioning, helium stated that helium fell dormant portion connected work alone, which led to the vas moving aground."

Police bash not program to connection further updates connected the probe implicit the weekend, according to the statement.