Mein Schiff 3 Collision, Bremerhaven, 25 Oct 2026 | AIS Incident Review | FirstWatch

On Sunday 25 October 2026, as Storm Manja crossed the German North Sea coast, the cruise ship Mein Schiff 3 was leaving Bremerhaven when the wind pushed her onto two container ships moored at the Stromkaje. No one was hurt. This FirstWatch incident review rebuilds the departure minute by minute from AIS, with every vessel drawn to scale from its own AIS dimensions, over official aerial imagery of the port. 0:00 Mein Schiff 3, Bremerhaven 0:31 The port: Columbuskaje and the Stromkaje 1:02 The ships: Mein Schiff 3, MSC Victorine, MSC Anne F 1:46 The voyage: Zeitlose Kanaren, 20 nights 2:16 The weather: Storm Manja, DWD station Bremerhaven 2:58 The departure: FirstWatch AIS replay 3:56 The damage 4:26 The aftermath 5:05 What FirstWatch shows 17:07 CET: Mein Schiff 3 moves off the Columbuskaje with tugs from Fairplay, Svitzer and Boluda; a pilot is on board 17:21: heading north at almost 7 knots; her track runs about 15 degrees right of her bow, toward the quay 17:25-17:26: her AIS outline reaches MSC Anne F and her speed falls from 5.6 to 1.3 knots She comes to rest against the stern of MSC Victorine, then is towed back to the Columbuskaje by 18:11 Damage above the waterline on all three ships, no water ingress, no injuries (Polizei Bremen) TUI Cruises cancelled the 20-night "Zeitlose Kanaren" voyage; Mein Schiff 3 needs shipyard repairs This review is informational only. The cause is for the investigators. Sources: Polizei Bremen (25 and 26 Oct 2026) · TUI Cruises · Radio Bremen / buten un binnen · dpa · The Maritime Executive · WorldCargo News · Deutscher Wetterdienst, station Bremerhaven (via Bright Sky) AIS: FirstWatch / 40Geo. Vessel outlines are drawn from each ship's reported AIS dimensions and positions (about one per minute); they show where the AIS places each hull, not the exact point of contact. Aerial imagery: Landesamt GeoInformation Bremen, DOP 2023/2025, CC BY 4.0 (ships visible in the photo are not from 25 October) Satellite imagery: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH, contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data, CC BY 4.0 Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Photos (Wikimedia Commons): Ein Dahmer (CC BY-SA 4.0), kees torn (CC BY-SA 4.0), Niels Johannes (CC BY-SA 4.0), BAW (CC BY 2.0), Llez (CC BY-SA 3.0), Alexandre Prevot (CC BY-SA 2.0). No endorsement by the photographers or the companies named is implied. FirstWatch, from 40Geo: a live view of every vessel around your ports, berths and offshore facilities, with weather alongside, around the clock. https://40geo.com/products/firstwatch · https://40geo.com #MeinSchiff3 #Bremerhaven #StormManja #MSCVictorine #TUICruises #CruiseShip #ShipCollision #MaritimeSafety #AIS #Shipping #FirstWatch