World’s largest container shipping company Maersk Line has had a rough start of the year, having reported a string of incidents involving its boxships.
The latest one has seen Post Panamax containership Laura Maersk collide with MSC Schuba B owned by Seaspan and chartered by Maersk Line’s 2M partner, MSC. The incident took place in Callao port, Peru, on Saturday, March 24.
Based on the video that captured the incident, the two ships got in contact while they were maneuvering into the port. However, the two ships did not sustain major damages and were allowed to resume their voyages.
“We can confirm that the Laura Maersk was involved in a minor impact with MSC Shuba in the port of Callao, Peru, on March 24 at 06.05 local time. There was no damage to cargo on board and all the Laura Maersk crew are safe. Laura Maersk suffered minor damage and was cleared for its onward journey on Saturday March 24, as planned to Buenaventura, Colombia,” Maersk Line told World Maritime News in a statement.
Laura Maersk is a 4,500 TEU vessel, built in 2001, and sails under the Danish flag. It is operating on the AC1 service which connects Latin America and Asia.
Based on its latest AIS data, MSC Shuba B was also allowed to resume its voyage and is reported to be underway using engine bound for the port of Puerto San Antonio, Chile.
世界上最大的集裝箱航運公司馬士基航運公司新的一年有個艱難的開始，涉及一系列集裝箱的事故。
最近一次，巴拿馬郵輪集裝箱船Laura Maersk與Seaspan擁有的MAERSK 2M合作夥伴MSC Schuba B發生碰撞。事件發生在3月24日星期六秘魯的卡亞俄港。根據捕獲事件的視頻，兩艘船在操縱進入港口時接觸。但是，這兩艘船沒有遭受重大損失，並被允許繼續航行。
“我們可以確定當地時間3月24日，06:05，Laura Maersk在秘魯的Callao港與MSC Shuba發生了輕微的影響 。船上的貨物沒有受到損壞，所有勞拉馬士基船員都是安全的。馬士基航運公司在一份聲明中告訴世界海事新聞，勞拉馬士基受到輕微損害，並於3月24日星期六按計劃在哥倫比亞布埃納文圖拉航行中繼續前進。
Laura Maersk是一艘4,500TEU的船隻，建於2001年，並在丹麥國旗下航行。它運行在連接拉丁美洲和亞洲的AC1服務上。
根據最新的AIS數據，MSC Shuba B也被允許恢復航行，據報導正在使用引擎前往智利Puerto San Antonio港。
Imformation Source: World Maritime News; Image Courtesy: Youtube/Jose Antonio Jaramillo Boneff
