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Crane Collision at Kaohsiung Port Taiwan on 03.06.2021

published on 3 June 2021 - 2654 -

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Found on YouTube. Created by "Marine-Pilots". Originally published on 2021-06-03.

Video from Thursday (June 3) showing a massive container crane collapsing and workers running for their lives at the Port of Kaohsiung.

At 11 a.m. on Thursday, police received a report that a dockside gantry crane had collapsed at container yard Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. at the Port of Kaohsiung's Pier 70, reported TVBS. Prior to the accident, a container ship operated by Orient Overseas Container Line, commonly known as OOCL, was seen lurching dangerously close to the dock before colliding into a container crane.

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