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Norwegian man awakes to find ship grounded beside home

Images show the ship’s red and green bow just metres from Helberg’s house. Helberg said the only damage caused was to a heating pump’s wire

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Johan Helberg’s pose next to his house and a 135-metre-long container ship. Pics/AFP

Johan Helberg’s pose next to his house and a 135-metre-long container ship. Pics/AFP

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

Images show the ship’s red and green bow just metres from Helberg’s house. Helberg said the only damage caused was to a heating pump’s wire.

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