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VIDEO: Containership takes down crane

  • Posted by David Sexton
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  • 11 Dec, 2019

AN INCIDENT at the Port of Antwerp is sure to keep investigators busy for a while, with footage seemingly showing the container ship APL Mexico City striking the gantry of an STS container crane, causing it to collapse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1gwfYTvJ3M
Chaos ensued from this incident at Antwerp, Belgium. Credit: YouTube

Media reports suggested no-one was hurt during the incident, which appears to have occurred during poor weather, a likely occurrence during the northern winter.

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The terminal was operated by DP World. APL Mexico (IMO 9632210) is flagged in Singapore and was launched in 2014.

It is 328metres long and 45metres wide.
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Posted by David Sexton

David Sexton is DCN’s senior journalist and has an extensive career across online and print media. A former DCN editor, he returns to covering shipping and logistics after a four-year hiatus working at Monash University during which time he managed production of key reports into the Indonesian ports and rail sectors.

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