A Maersk containership crashed into an STS Ship To Shore container crane at China’s Yantian port while berthing on Monday, causing the crane to go over onto the containers stacked hehind, seriously disrupting port activities.
The ship, the 366 metre long 15,516 TEU Maersk Cincinnati, hit the crane at berth 12 of the port’s Shenzhen terminal on Monday, November 9th.
The Maersk Cincinnati comes in hard
Strong winds may have played a role in the incident. Wind gusts of Force 8 and higher were reported at around the time the ship attempted to pull in alongside.
The number of such occurrences seems to be on the increase, and this is not the first incident at this port, which suffered a more serious incident in 2024. Thankfully, as far as we know, no one was injured this time.
On Tuesday the Emergency Management Bureau of Yantian District, Shenzhen, confirmed the incident had occurred and that an investigation is underway. Neither Maersk or the Yantian Port terminal operator have released any details of the incident.
Yantian Port is located east of Shenzhen and north east of Hong Kong.
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