A 316-meter-long containership took out two cranes at the Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan.
The port reported that the OOCL Durban was being moved from another area of the port when it scraped another docked ship, pushing it into a ship-to-shore crane which subsequently collapsed. The OOCL Durban was not carrying any cargo at the time.
A second view of the incident shows workers scrambling for cover as the crane and adjacent cargo stacks collapsed on the pier.
Reporting indicates two workers were trapped inside the wreckage and were later rescued without injury. Another suffered a cut to the arm.
A statement from the Port of Kaohsiung said the OOCL Durban was bound for Pier 66, belonging to Yang Ming, when the incident occurred.
“The ship was booked to berth at Pier 66 of Kaohsiung Port, but when the ship passed through Pier 70, it collided with the bow of the “Yong Hung Ship (Gross Tonnage 32,720)” anchored at Pier 70 slightly damaged, and one of the overhead crane One GC8 bridge crane. After the collapse of the GC8 bridge crane, the adjacent GC6 crane was seriously damaged. A total of 1 collapsed, 1 severely damaged but not collapsed and 30-50 containers were damaged, and 1 GC8 bridge crane was caused,” the port said in a statement (translated in english by Google).
The OOCL Durban later docked at Pier 66 for investigation.
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