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Box ship rear ends Beira suction dredger, causing partial sinking
A COLLISION of an unidentified Panamanian containership and a suction dredger in the Port of Beira, caused the dredger Macuti to partially sink by the stern, reports Rotterdam's Dredging Today.
A team formed by staff from the owners Mozambican Dredging Company together with the Mozambique Port and Rail Company (CFM), the National Naval Institute (INAMAR) and the Beira Maritime Administration worked to prevent the dredger from sinking.
The dredger was raised and removed, and the channel has reopened to navigation, said the provincial communications director, Helcio Canda, noted Fort Lauderdale's Maritime Executive.
The 2013-built Macuti is the nation's largest dredger. Her operations will be taken over by the vessels Aruangua and Alcantara Santos.
Beira's riverine approaches require continuous dredging. Beira is a transshipment port, processing cargo from Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia, but it also handles coal from Mozambique's northern Tete province.
Maritime administrator Antonio Vilanculos bad weather and low visibility were contributing factors in the accident.
A team formed by staff from the owners Mozambican Dredging Company together with the Mozambique Port and Rail Company (CFM), the National Naval Institute (INAMAR) and the Beira Maritime Administration worked to prevent the dredger from sinking.
The dredger was raised and removed, and the channel has reopened to navigation, said the provincial communications director, Helcio Canda, noted Fort Lauderdale's Maritime Executive.
The 2013-built Macuti is the nation's largest dredger. Her operations will be taken over by the vessels Aruangua and Alcantara Santos.
Beira's riverine approaches require continuous dredging. Beira is a transshipment port, processing cargo from Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia, but it also handles coal from Mozambique's northern Tete province.
Maritime administrator Antonio Vilanculos bad weather and low visibility were contributing factors in the accident.
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