Crane falls onto Evergreen vessel at the Port of Vancouver

The main container terminal at the Port of Vancouver remains closed after a crane came down on a vessel Monday (Jan. 28) morning.

A spokesperson for GCT Global Container Terminals Inc. confirmed to Global News that during berthing Monday morning, at around 4 a.m., a vessel came into contact with a GCT Vanterm ship-to-shore crane.

The Evergreen vessel, Ever Summit, is still being held alongside with tugs as the crane boom is now on top of a container stack toward the rear of the ship.

GCT says an...

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MSC Zoe accident update: Clean-up operations continue in North Sea

MSC Zoe lost around 270 boxes during the accident on January 2. A heavy storm in the North Sea was the main cause of the accident.

The shipping giant launched immediately the clean-up operation. Three days later, MSC promised to find every container, limiting as more as possible the environmental pollution. In addition, the company pledged to cover all the costs of the containers search and the North Sea clean-up.

Many cargoes from the boxes began washing up on beaches in the region. The...

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