At about 1407 hours on October 14, 2024, a China flag cargo vessel " YU ZHOU QI HANG ", made contact with a gantry crane on Berth W20 while berthing at Keelung Port. The occurrence caused damage to 1 gantry crane on the ground and 1 gantry crane onboard. No injury or oil pollution occurred in this occurrence.

The Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB) classified the event as a major marine occurrence per the Transportation Occurrence Investigation Act and referenced the Casualty Investigation Code of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The Investigator-In-Charge was assigned, and an investigation team was launched to conduct the investigation.

Further information and the progress of the occurrence investigation will be published on the TTSB website.

Ya-Ting Chang, Secretariat Office

Tel: +886-2-7727-6210

E-mail: yating@ttsb.gov.tw

Michael Guan, Marine Occurrence Investigation Division

Tel: +886-2-7727-6202

E-mail: michael @ttsb.gov.tw