Video shows massive container crane collapse at Kaohsiung port

Video surfaced on social media in Taiwan on Thursday (June 3) showing a massive container crane collapsing and workers running for their lives at the Port of Kaohsiung.

At 11 a.m. on Thursday, police received a report that a dockside gantry crane had collapsed at container yard Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. at the Port of Kaohsiung’s Pier 70, reported TVBS. Prior to the accident, the container ship Durban operated by Orient Overseas Container Line, commonly known as OOCL, was trying to make its way to Pier 66.

However, it veered off course and sideswiped the bow of YM Constancy (永明輪), which is operated by Yang Ming and was docked at Pier 70. As it continued to scrape against the YM Constancy, the Durban’s bridge began to inexorably collide with the crane’s boom as its pilot was unable to halt the hulking vessel’s momentum.

Source: Taiwan News

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