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A sudden! A container barge capsizes at shenzhen terminal, causing several containers to fall into the water. Multiple shipping companies were involved

A sudden! A container barge capsizes at shenzhen terminal, causing several containers to fall into the water. Multiple shipping companies were involved

Lucas Sunny Worldwide Logistics 2022-06-29 17:10:03

On June 28, a container barge capsized in Shekou, Shenzhen, causing several containers to fall into the water.

 

A container barge carrying EMC, WHL, YML and other export containers capsized at noon on June 28, causing 8 containers to fall into the water. Maritime affairs has been investigated at the scene.

 

It can be seen that the barge is Yongshifeng 802, which was loaded at SCT 9# berth on the morning of 28th. After loading, the ship owner found that the hull was leaning, and the dock informed to shift to 6# berth for readjusted. At about 12:30, the ship rolled over at berth 6#! So far 8 containers have fallen into the sea and 2 containers have fallen on the shore! SCT 6# is a large ship berth, which is expected to have a certain impact on the subsequent BERthing of SCT ships.

 

According to the freight forwarder colleague of friends circle, the barge accident is estimated that the customers who want to buy insurance have not yet taken effect, and some friends suggest that they must buy insurance, do not have a fluke mentality.