A containership collided with a Pilot boat inside taipei harbour

off Taipei, bit choppy seas

ChirpMaritime has just released their annual analysis of maritime reports (2022-2023).

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Shortly after 5 a.m. local time the vessel “Else” had a collision in the Kiel-Holtenau lock to the Kiel Canal.
The "Else" subject to pilotage passed the pilot's boarding position without taking a sea pilot on board and collided from the outside into the closed gate of the new north lock. The bow bored into the metal construction and the ship was stuck for about six hours.
For more information about this accident see related content below (articles).

According to information from “Dominica News Online” and “Dominica Air and Sea Ports Authority”

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