According to the Indian broker, Prevailing Shipping & Logistics India, at least 20 containers have fallen into the water from the 1999-built, Pana-flagged boxship Sea Express, which lost stability during unloading operations at Mundra Port in India.
MV SEA EXPRESS , Panama Flag , Age : 24 years n LOA 143.5 m arrival draft 8.3 m berthed at MICT 12:38 / 07th Jan 2023
Vessel list starboard side of around 70 degrees and 20 units fallen into sea and floating in channel , pic.twitter.com/3Qittr1uy0
— Prevailing Shipping & Logistics India Pvt Ltd (@Prevailingship) January 8, 2023
Prevailing Shipping & Logistics India said in a post on Twitter that “Understand the incident caused due to error in the calculation of blasting parameters as the vessel is multi-purpose and ships crane bullied in port side.”
Vessel is under JM Baxi agency and operator Vertex for service to Turkey – Russia
Operation and approach Channel movement of all connected terminals MICT , Adani CT2 and T2 has suspended till the recovery of over-boarded units. pic.twitter.com/VFerDuTsEA
— Prevailing Shipping & Logistics India Pvt Ltd (@Prevailingship) January 8, 2023
The local authorities are still investigating what has caused the lifting of the feeder ship and they have not made any relevant announcement yet.
