Grounded 3,860-TEU Taiwan boxship refloated without harm off Karachi
2012 04 17
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THE stranded Taiwanese-flagged, 3,860-TEU YM North, run aground off Karachi, has been refloated by four tugs from the Karachi Port Trust (KPT), announced port officials.
The containership had run aground on Friday evening outside the harbour's navigational channel after engine failure and was pulled out at 5am at high tide, they said, reports Pakistan's Business Recorder.
"Four tugs of KPT participated in the rescue efforts and six pilots conducted the operation to pull out the vessel," said port officials.
They said the ship was pulled out of the breakwater area off the outer navigational channel successfully, adding that neither the vessel nor the cargo was damaged.
"It took KPT an hour to refloat the vessel through an operation, which commenced at around 4am," they said.
After the ship was pulled off, it docked normally at berths 26 and 27 of Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT) - West Wharf of Karachi port.
The ship was carrying 1,740 containers, of which 1,553 were bound for Pakistan and will be discharged at KICT berths after which it will continue its rotation to Port Pipavav, north of Mumbai.
Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
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