MV OEL HIND, an international container vessel shed its equilibrium while packing containers and also slanted, on 23rd Aug 2020, at the port ofChittagong Jetty no. 11 at the port saw a mild tilting of the vessel after possibly tottered under the weight of packing vacant and also complete containers.
Port resources state that the ship brought concerning 1280 containers and also was arranged to leave Chittagong on Sunday, with export things. Of these, 1150 were complete and also the continuing to be 105 were vacant. The regional delivery representative of the ship is GBX Logistics.
Enamul Karim, the Port Director stated that containers were being unloaded to function around the concern of turning. In most situations, packing and also discharging are done very carefully in the visibility of ship captains and also masters that set up a cautious equilibrium in between the complete and also vacant containers.
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Authorities, in their initiatives to bring back equilibrium, unloaded concerning 20 containers considering 500 tonnes, yet the vessel still hasn’t gone back to its initial state.
Omar Farooq, the assistant at Chittagong Port verified that the tilting of the ship at the jetty did not trigger any kind of mishaps or injuries. The ship had apparently slanted concerning 8-10 levels.
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The separation of the Panama- flagged vessel is currently terminated by the Chittagong Port Authority (Certified Public Accountant) till it gets a health and fitness certification from Independent land surveyors. Experts are presently exploring the issue to figure out the root cause of the problem.
Reference: dhakatribune.com
