Recently, a container ship named "Pangaon Express" was sailing to the Bay of Bengal. Due to bad weather, the accident caused the container ship to capsize and hundreds of containers fell into the water, several of which were washed away by huge waves!

It is reported that the accident occurred in the local time yesterday morning (shipwreck in the evening), the incident when the Pangaon Express ship was from Chittagong (Chittagong) to Dhaka Pangaon inland container terminal on the way, sailing to the Bay of Bengal waters encountered strong winds and waves, the hull partially sank.

Causes of shipwreck in addition to strong winds and waves, the ship's container weight load imbalance is also likely to be an important incentive.

Although the accident caused the container ship to capsize, fortunately the seafarers on board were not injured. According to Omar Farooq, secretary of the Chittagong Port Authority, the crew boarded other vessels and were taken to safety.

it is reported that after the incident, chittagong sent two tugboats to the site of the incident, and the bangladesh navy also sent ships to the rescue. Local salvage company Dolphin Marine has been struggling to pump water from the cargo ship and trying to remove the containers to reduce their weight.

At present, the Chittagong Port Authority has set up a three-member committee to investigate the cause of the accident and its costs.

Chittagong Port Authority secretary Farooq told the Dhaka Tribune: "Due to bad weather at sea, some parts of the Pangaon Express have sunk. Half of the ship is submerged under water."

He added: "A total of 14 people were rescued, including 12 sailors and two representatives of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority. There were 96 containers on board and three of them were washed away in the water."

Chittagong Port Authority in the latest a notice said that Pangaon Express ship has sunk, a large number of boxes into the water, and warned through the area of the ship to maintain a high degree of vigilance.

Accident scene video data show that the capsized Pangaon Express ship has a number of well-known shipping company logo cabinets and a large number of rented cabinets, including Maersk, Hamburg South America!

In view of the shipwreck of the Pangaon Express ship belongs to the regional public barge, the recent shipment of goods to Bangladesh Chittagong and related inland ports of the cargo owner freight forwarding enterprises, need to pay close attention to the impact of the incident.

Source: Ningbo Shipping