KARACHI: Administration of the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has started the investigation against the collision of two vessels at South Asia Port Terminal Limited (SAPT).
According to the details, operations at the South Asia Port Terminal Limited (SAPT) got suspended after two vessels collided while berthing at SAPT-3 of Karachi Port trust (KPT) leaving a heavy loss to the containers and the vessels however the administration managed to avert possible damage to the cranes installed at the berth.
The sources in Karachi Port Trust informed Customs Today that twenty one containers were drown after the vessel Mv Tolten collided with the vessels with Mv Hamburg Bay berthed at South Asia Port Terminal Limited (SAPT).
The source also informed that the collision happened due to the Tug boat pilot who was trying to berth the vessel Mv Tolten after its arrival at South Asia Port Terminal Limited (SAPT), the vessels was loaded with different containers to its height.
An operation was started after the incident and the traffic remained suspended for few hours due to the drowning containers in the sea water, due to the collision not only containers were fallen both the vessels also got damaged.
The container vessel Mv Tolten carrying containers reached Karachi port area leaving the last port Jebel Ali which is a large commercial port on the southern outskirts of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates whereas Mv Hamburg Bay got berthed at Karachi port area on the same day from Port of Colombo which is the largest port in Sri Lanka.
An inquiry has been started against the collision of the containers vessels by the administration of the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) to know the circumstances of the incident.
