Port of PE Marine Team Rescues Vessel About to Become Adrift

Tug Mvezo

Quick action and skill by Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) marine crew at the Port of Port Elizabeth assisted to ensure the successful safeguarding of a vessel that was about to be blown adrift from the quayside during gale force winds on Friday.

The vehicle carrier MV GLOVIS CHORUS was berthed at Berth 100 in the port when sudden gusts of between 25 to 40 knots (approximately 80 km/hr) occurred. The nearly 200 m long, 55 729 ton ship was blown metres off the quayside as a result of the...

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