Three shipping containers loaded with automobiles and kitchen supplies wound up in the waters of Newark Bay on Sunday when they were knocked off the deck of a ship by a crane operator.
What happened?
The incident occurred around 11:30 a.m., at the Port Elizabeth container terminal operated by APM Terminals, a unit of A.P. Moller-Maersk, the Danish shipping conglomerate, said a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Maersk’s landlord.
Maersk containers, with their logo featuring a seven-pointed star in a light blue box, are a common sight piled near the port or being hauled by tractor trailers on the New Jersey Turnpike. They are reported to be knocked off the deck of a ship by the crane operator.
The vessel was identified as the Maersk Kensington; a 982-foot container ship that records indicate had arrived from Norfolk, Va.
Port Authority Police officers responded to the scene on the Port Elizabeth waterfront.
Non-hazardous containers:
“The containers were non-hazardous and were floating at the time of arrival,” the Port Authority said in a statement. “The vehicles had no batteries, fuel or any liquids which may have entered the bay.”
The agency said no one was injured, and that an investigation was continuing.
Maersk did not respond to requests for comment.
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Source: NJ
