C/V OOCL DURBAN Allides with Ship-To-Shore Container Gantry Crane… Bringing It (and another) Down. [Kaohsiung, Taiwan – 03 June 2021]

C/V OOCL DURBAN Allides with Ship-To-Shore Container Gantry Crane… Bringing It (and another) Down. [Kaohsiung, Taiwan – 03 June 2021]

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C/V OOCL DURBAN Allides with Ship-To-Shore Container Gantry Crane… Bringing It (and another) Down. [Kaohsiung, Taiwan – 03 June 2021]

From a friend in a more advanced time zone, Blueoceana Company has learned of yet another serious allison between a docking container ship and a stationary container gantry crane.

Earlier this morning (sometime before noon local time), the 8500 TEU C/V OOCL DURBAN (See photo below) slammed into a boomed down ship-to- shore container gantry crane (Crane No. 8) at Yang Ming’s Kaohsiung marine terminal in Southern Taiwan. The structure collapsed, bringing down a neighboring gantry crane (Crane No. 6) and some adjacent container stacks.

Two crane mechanics/operators were initially trapped within the downed cranes. It took an hour to free them. One longshoreman was hospitalized with severe arm lacerations and chest pains; we understand he will survive.

It’s too early to know the incident’s root cause, but we continue to research this docking incident.

Links to Media Accounts:

OOCL-Durban-destroys-two-cranes-at-Kaohsiung-Port-Container-NewsDownload
Container-ship-collision-at-Port-of-Kaohsiung-causes-crane-collapse-one-injured-–-Taiwan-English-NeDownload
Accident-at-Kaohsiung-Harbor-caused-1-injured-and-2-trapped-The-China-Post-TaiwanDownload
Above: C/V OOCL DURBAN
Above: Orientation of Kaohsiung Port.

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