Incident Photo (and video) of The Week – Collision at Port of Constanta

This weeks incident photos and video is of the M/V CMA CGM Debussy pinning the tug Vadeni.  The incident occurred on March 8th at the Port of Constanta, Romania.  Cargo Law has some of the details:

73,157-gt French container M/V CMA CGM Debussy (IMO 9235907) struck the stern of Turkish cargo M/V Haci Fatma Sari (IMO 7600079) while maneuvering in the port of Constanta, Romania, and nearly sucked under the harbor tug Vadeni (IMO 7623423) which was caught between the vessels, causing considerable damage, on Mar. 8.

More on this incident, including additional photos and details, can be read on the forum HERE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awVm6Lt6ONQ

Thanks to gCaptain forum member “Coastwatch” for bringing this to our attention.