- A Cargo ship involves in a collision with another vessel at Falmouth Docks.
- There have been no reports of any injuries and police are currently at the scene investigating the incident.
- Further details of the specific nature of the incident were minimal, although it was thought to have involved a boat crash.
‘Incident’ at Falmouth Docks as MoD and cargo ships collide, writes Emma Ferguson for The Packet. Another news report in CornwallLive also brings out the impact of the collision.
What happened?
A cargo ship collides with a contracted Ministry of Defence vessel that was fixed to a pontoon, with the former described to have “ran well aground.”
A force spokesperson said: “Police were called to County Wharf, Falmouth Docks, at around 8am this morning with a report that a ship had run aground.”
The vessel was secured to the fixed pontoon at the time a commercial tanker collided with it and ran aground.
No injuries reported
Damage was minimal and there were no injuries.
A spokesperson for A&P Falmouth said: “We can confirm there was an incident involving a vessel as she departed A&P Falmouth this morning”.
A&P’s port operations team responded quickly and the vessel has now been returned to her berth.
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Source: Cornwalllive & The Packet
