Mishap at #Vizag #Port where ship that was to sail to #Hongkong tilted because error in loading; first such accident pic.twitter.com/KkxJP8hZCh
— Uma Sudhir (@umasudhir) September 7, 2017
On September 6, a Vietnamese merchant vessel tilted towards the port at Vizag.
What happened?
The merchant vessel ‘MV Hai Duong 09’ was loading with iron billets when the incident occurred.
Tilted towards port:
The vessel tilted towards one side at the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam city. The incident occurred allegedly due to the negligence of the crew members started tilting and settled down after touching the deck at the EQ berth number 5.
Crew safe:
The 17 crew members onboard the vessel were safe and no casualties were reported. The vessel was instructed to unload tge cargo so that the ship can stabilise on its own.
Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) chairperson MT Krishna Babu told reporters there were no injuries or causalities in the incident and efforts were on to remove the cargo that was loaded to enable the ship to stabilise on its own.
Restoration work initiated:
The restoration work has been already initiated.
The operators should have maintained the balance of the ship and load the cargo in a phased manner into the compartments. However, the crane operator wrongly loaded the blooms one side of the ship, which was unable to balance the load resulting in the ship tilting towards the berth. If the ship had tilted towards the waters then the entire ship could have sunk.
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Source: NDTV
