Watch: Hong Kong-Flagged Container Ship Collides With Cranes At Turkish Port

Watch: Hong Kong-Flagged Container Ship Collides With Cranes At Turkish Port
Screengrab from YT video by HALIT YILMAZ

A Hong Kong-flagged container vessel owned by Taiwan’s Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation resulted in a significant accident on 16 March while docking at the Evyap Port to the east of Istanbul in Turkey.

In a video, the 368-meter-long YM Witness is approaching a docking zone at a sharp angle where four giant cranes were ready to unload the shipping containers.

The deck of YM Witness collided with one crane as it pulled into the dock, causing three of...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/watch-hong-kong-flagged-container-ship-collides-with-cranes-at-turkish-port/

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