{"id":7719,"date":"2026-03-29T08:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=7719"},"modified":"2026-03-29T09:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:02:28","slug":"crushing-injuries-during-vessel-discharge-are-fatal-to-53-year-old-docker-djen-djen-port-algeria-26-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=7719","title":{"rendered":"Crushing Injuries During Vessel Discharge Are Fatal to 53 Year Old Docker  [Djen Djen Port, Algeria  &#8211; 26 March 2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While an unfortunate dearth of information about this accident exists, which is not uncommon for this part of the world, Blueoceana Company relies upon the accuracy of a series of Facebook postings each of which seem to mirror one another. They relate that on 26 March (last Thursday) at the Algerian port of Djen Djen a 53 year old dockworker engaged in the discharge of steel coils from an as-yet unnamed vessel received fatal crushing injuries when one or more of those coils fell on him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We attach a link to one such post below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-Tragic-Accident-Shakes-the-Port-of-Jinn-Gen-in-Algeria-032626.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of A Tragic Accident Shakes the Port of Jinn Gen in Algeria (032626).\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ff122ec7-6323-4a9a-9396-892ebc92f0c0\" href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-Tragic-Accident-Shakes-the-Port-of-Jinn-Gen-in-Algeria-032626.pdf\">A Tragic Accident Shakes the Port of Jinn Gen in Algeria (032626)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-Tragic-Accident-Shakes-the-Port-of-Jinn-Gen-in-Algeria-032626.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ff122ec7-6323-4a9a-9396-892ebc92f0c0\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Djen Djen is Algeria&#8217;s largest port and is situated on the country&#8217;s Eastern Mediterranean coast. It boasts several multi-use facilities and has a large ongoing relationship with the marine cargo handling interest DP World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-9.00.40-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-9.00.40-AM-1024x680.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-9.00.40-AM-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-9.00.40-AM-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-9.00.40-AM-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-9.00.40-AM-1536x1020.png 1536w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-9.00.40-AM-207x136.png 207w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-9.00.40-AM-140x94.png 140w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-9.00.40-AM.png 1786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Above: <\/em><\/strong> The discharge of steel coils at the Port of Djen Djen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-8.42.24-AM-scaled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-8.42.24-AM-1024x463.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-8.42.24-AM-1024x463.png 1024w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-8.42.24-AM-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-8.42.24-AM-768x347.png 768w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-8.42.24-AM-1536x695.png 1536w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-at-8.42.24-AM-2048x926.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Above<\/em>: <\/strong> Orientation of Djen Djen Port<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crushed by Steel Coils During Vessel Discharge, Docker is Killed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blueoceana_blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7719"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7725,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7719\/revisions\/7725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}