Container ship while maneuvering in port in Bay of Bengal allided with berthed container ship and after that, hit gantry crane, inflicting serious damages. Crane was rendered inoperative, container ship which hit crane suffered one or more damaged containers and lifeboat, no information on berthed container ship damages.
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My name is Mikhail Voytenko, I’m Russian, professional merchant marine navigator, by education and former experience. I own and run Maritime Bulletin website for more than 10 years. I've been involved in solving a number of piracy hijack cases, including the hijack of ro-ro FAINA, loaded with tanks. It was me who made public, and unravel, freighter ARCTIC SEA mystery. I've been also closely involved in a number of maritime disaster, one of them being MSC FLAMINIA major fire.