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Container ship hit pier, gantry crane; Chinese cargo ship grounded, breached

Container ship hit pier, gantry crane. Horrifying video. Update
Erofey Schkvarkin July 14, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/07/14/container-ship-hit-pier-gantry-c...

Update: Hitting pier and crane wasn’t all – SOUL OF LUCK continued moving and allided with berthed general cargo ship CERIA 8 (MMSI 525060609, length 51 meter, flag Indonesia). CERIA 8 broke off her moorings and moved along pier, accompanied by sounds of crash and steel tearing.
According to latest update, thankfully, there were no casualties or serious injures, one injured docker was treated in hospital.

Container ship SOUL OF LUCK hit pier at TPKS Container Terminal Semarang Port, northern Central Java, Indonesia, in the afternoon Jul 14, on arrival from Port Klang, Malaysia. Horrifying results are clearly seen on video – the ship struck gantry crane, resulting in crane collapse. According to local sources, in is not known yet if there were casualties or injures, area was closed immediately after accident.
Container ship SOUL OF LUCK was eventually, tackled and berthed, ship’s damages unknown at the moment.

Container ship SOUL OF LUCK, IMO 9148647, dwt 21519, capacity 1642 TEU, built 1997, flag Panama, manager VICTORIA OCEANWAY LTD (EQUASIS).

Chinese cargo ship grounded, breached
Mikhail Voytenko July 14, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/07/14/chinese-cargo-ship-grounded-brea...

General cargo ship XIN YUAN HONG ran aground in Jiaojiang river estuary, Taizhou, Zhejiang province, China, East China sea, at around 0150 Beijing time Jul 14. Hull was breached with ensuing water ingress, 13 crew prepared to abandoned vessel. Patrol boat was sent to assist and rescued crew if necessary. Crew managed to take water ingress under control, vessel refloated at 0410, with high tide, and at 0745 Beijing time was berthed at Jiaojiang Port.
General cargo ship XIN YUAN HONG, MMSI 413352190, dwt 5020, flag China.