Police in Norway say a crew member falling asleep while on duty led to a massive cargo ship barely missing a retiree’s home.

A sailor was on watch at the time and said he had fallen asleep, according to Norwegian police, who have charged him with "negligent navigation." ...

A man in Norway awoke early Thursday to discover a huge container ship had run aground a stone's throw from his fjord-side house — and he had slept through the commotion. For an as-yet unknown ...

Johan Helberg said he’d slept through the whole thing and only woke up when a neighbor started ringing his doorbell.

A cargo ship that ran aground in a Norwegian fjord and narrowly missed a house, was pulled back into open water and was being towed to a nearby harbor on Tuesday — five days after the spectacular ...

The cargo ship didn't make it to Johan Helberg's doorway, but it came close enough. "Five metres further south, and it would have entered the bedroom," the Norwegian man told BBC News, describing the ...

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian prosecutors have charged a cargo ship's on-duty navigator after he allegedly fell asleep on duty and the vessel ran aground, narrowly missing crashing into a home. The ...

OSLO, Norway — A cargo ship that ran aground in a Norwegian fjord and narrowly missed a house, was pulled back into open water and was being towed to a nearby harbor on Tuesday — five days ...

A Norwegian man awoke to find that a cargo ship had run aground and narrowly missed crashing into his home along the Trondheim Fjord's coast. Johan Helberg told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he'd ...

Johan Helberg was asleep at home when a 440-foot-long cargo ship crashed into his backyard. The NCL Salten was transporting goods to the Norwegian town of Orkanger when it ran aground. The ship's ...

The container ship NCL Salten is pulled from the ground and taken back at sea in Trondheim, Norway, Tuesday May 27, 2025, after the 135-meter-long ship ran aground in the Trondheimsfjord outside ...