Large container ships collided in Karachi

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Mikhail VoytenkoNewsMarch 19, 2018 2:45 pmFacebookTweeGoogle+

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Large container ships HAMBURG BAY and TOLTEN collided at Karachi Harbor in the morning Mar 19, details yet unknown, but judging from tracks, collision happened when TOLTEN was maneuvering on arrival. More than 10 containers, some of them damaged, fell overboard. No information yet on damages sustained by ships, probably serious, because there are three tugs at ships’ side. Photo
Container ship HAMBURG BAY, IMO 9332872, dwt 72982, capacity 6350 TEU, built 2009, flag Liberia, operator EASTERN PACIFIC SHIPPING UK.
Container ship TOLTEN, IMO 9612870, dwt 94600, capacity 8000 TEU, built 2012, flag Liberia, operator ANGLO-EASTERN GERMANY GMBH.

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Taking two ships on Karachi port 10 containers fall into the sea



Published on Mar 19, 2018

Two container vessels were collided at Karachi port, suspending the sea traffic at the South Asia Port Terminal (SAPT), sources said Monday.



Copied from the "Operators" FB page, the attached video clip is interesting (but will hurt your neck to watch in its entirety). It depicts a Hapag Lloyd container vessel (C/V TOLTEN) attempting to dock at Karachi, Pakistan earlier today. 
As the pilot tries to slide the ship into its berth, he comes in far too close to C/V HAMBURG BAY (whom we believe to be under current charter to Zim Lines), which is docked and working. 
Port side container stows aboard the Hapag ship allide with the flared bow of C/V HAMBURG BAY, and whole stacks are unshipped, falling into Karachi harbor.
Just a bit closer and secondary contact would have been made with the dockside container gantry cranes, bringing them down... Think about it.
The second video posted answers a question many have asked me in the past:
Q: When containers go overboard, do they float?
A: Reefers generally will (for quite awhile), but dry boxes nearly always go to the bottom within a short space of time.

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