Port Worker Struck and Killed By Errant Rebar During Container Stripping [Tangkiang Port, Indonesia – 30 September 2026]

Posted by admin on Oct 2, 2026 in Bulletins

Information reaching Blueoceana Company today (See links to media accounts below) would have us understand that during a container unloading (stripping) activity being conducted on 30 September Tangkiang port industrial truck (forklift) operator known to us only as “IR” was struck and killed by a piece (or pieces) of concrete rebar which was ejected from a bundle that had been stowed within the intermodal container shown in the photograph above.

Based upon the foregoing media accounts (roughly translated from the original Indonesian), there appears to be the involvement of another, larger industrial truck that was also interacting with the container at issue. That causal exigency, however, could certainly use further clarification.

Links to Media Accounts:

Above: The docking area at Tangkiang Port, Indonesia

Above: Orientation of Tangkiang Port, Indonesia