Ship sends massive crane crashing down after collision at Taiwanese port
3 June 2021, 13:04
The crane hit a neighbouring crane and then a stack of shipping containers.
A large cargo ship has hit a tall overhead crane in a Taiwanese port, sending it smashing into another crane and then into a pile of shipping containers.
One worker at the port was sent to hospital for a cut on his arm.
The 86,000-ton vessel, which belongs to Orient Overseas (International), a Hong Kong shipping company, was preparing to dock at a port in Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan when it hit the crane, the port management company said.
The site of the accident has been sealed off, the state-run Taiwan International Ports Corp said in a statement.
The crane fell slowly at first, and then quickly, hitting a neighbouring crane and then a stack of shipping containers which tumbled to the ground.
Workers ran quickly from the area in videos widely circulated on social media.
