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Videos show the moment the boat collides with a crane in a serious crash

Videos show the moment the boat collides with a crane in a serious crash

Footage captured the moment a Chinese barge is believed to have collided with a crane while docking in Taiwan on Monday.

The videos show the crane next to the carrier ship as it pulls along the harbor in northern Taiwan to dock. The crane tips to the side and then falls onto the pier, where you can see a few people running away.

The China Container Terminal Corporation crane weighed 750 tons and was 70 to 100 meters (230 to 328 feet) high. According to Taiwan News Formosa TV, it was used to lift containers weighing up to 30 tons.

According to the local news agency, the vessel was identified as a Yuzhou Qi Hang barge Taiwan Newswhich docked at the pier of Keelung Port. According to reports, the barge could carry a weight of 12,135 tons of cargo and was 142.8 meters long and 32.2 meters wide Seatrade Maritime.

The crane destroyed five containers when it collapsed on the pier, but no injuries were reported in connection with the incident, which occurred around 2 p.m. local time. The cause is now being investigated ET Today reported.

Accordingly Taiwan NewsPort company deputy general manager Song I-ching said the boat, which was carrying a new crane from China Container Company worth about $9.3 million, accidentally hit the old crane as it was at the pier 20 put on.

Seatrade Maritime reported that the ship was also carrying two more cranes and was traveling at 1.9 knots. The outlet added that the boat was not warned for speeding when docked.

Taiwanese officials at Keelung Port in New Taipei City, Taiwan, in 2020. On Monday, a crane collapsed at Keelung Port, damaging five containers.

Chiang Ying-ying/AP

According to the Keelung Port Branch of the International Ports Corporation, the incident affected container shipping operations at both piers 20 and 21, which were reserved for the transport of the new crane between October 14 and 18. Taiwan News reported.

Ships docking at Piers 20 and 21 will be redirected to Pier 19. Seatrade Maritime reported and the other piers continue to function normally.

A damage assessment and compensation calculation will follow, Song said Taiwan News.

A similar incident occurred in June 2021 when a crane at Taiwan’s largest port, Kaohsiung Port, collapsed after being hit by a container ship.

In this incident, one man was injured and two others were trapped in the rubble.

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