Authorities in Italy are responding to an incident wherein a container vessel became stranded near the entrance of the Port of Gioia Tauro on the country’s Tyrrheni ..
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The operations at the port of Gioia Tauro have returned to normal levels after the successful attempt to free MSC Elaine which blocked the entrance of the Italian gateway on 9 January.
“The port entrance is no longer obstructed by the large container ship,” confirmed the Italian Coast Guard.
Local authorities carried out rescue operations throughout the night with five tugboats trying to pull the vessel.
The Italian Coast Guard said the rescue operations “Paradoxically benefited from the bad...
The 8,562 TEU container ship MSC Elaine went out of control at Gioia Tauro harbor and ran onto the southern breakwater tip. The 339-metre-long vessel remains grounded at the entrance of the Italian port, blocking the largest container port in the country.
The incident occurred when the ship was leaving the port on 9 January in the morning (around 09:00 local time).
According to the reports, there are no crew member injuries at the time of writing. Additionally, the Panama-flagged vessel does not...
https://container-news.com/msc-container-vessel-blocks-major-italian-box-port/
A Mediterranean Shipping Company containership appears to be grounded on the breakwater at the Port of Gioia Tauro in Italy. AIS data from MarineTraffic.com shows the ship, the 340-meter-long MSC…
https://gcaptain.com/msc-container-grounds-on-italian-breakwater-video/