At about 2310 hours on December 11, 2024, a Taiwan flagged container vessel "YM UNICORN", with IMO number 9462732, a gross tonnage of 91586, a length overall of 333.20 meters, a width of 42.80 meters, grounded at west breakwater while entering Keelung Port. The occurrence caused damage to the bow of the vessel and the breakwater. 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

Willis Chen, Investigator-In-Charge

Tel: +886-2-7727-6246

E-mail: willis@ttsb.gov.tw