Panama-flagged 1,595-TEU Soul of Luck rams pier, topples Java gantry
THE Panama-flagged 1,595-TEU Soul of Luck crashed into a pier at the TPKS Container Terminal Semarang Port in northern Central Java, then ricocheted into Ceria 8, a ship a third its size, causing the gantry crane to collapse, and crushing boxes on trucks below, reported Kiev's Maritime Bulletin, which specialises in marine casualties.
Except for a docker who was treated in hospital, there were no injuries, said the report. The Soul of Luck, on charter for Maersk's MCC Transport, was built in 1997 by Hanjin Ulsan Factory is 168 metres long, 27 metres abeam and operated by Athens-based Victoria Oceanway Ltd.
Little is listed in Marine Traffic about the Indonesian-flagged general cargo ship Ceria 8, other than its length, 51 metres and its width, nine metres.