Taiwanese ship docks in Sydney after losing 83 containers at sea

YANG MING MARINE TRANSPORT

06/06/2018 08:51

By Nicholas Ford
    SYDNEY, June 6 (Reuters) - A Taiwan-owned cargo ship docked
safely in Sydney on Wednesday after losing 83 containers off the
coast of Australia during a massive storm which saw the ship
battered by five metre (15 feet) swells.
    The YM Efficiency limped into Sydney with a container
hanging halfway off its side. It had arrived off Sydney four
days earlier but was kept out at sea because the city's main
port was closed due to bad weather. 
    The challenge for port operators is to unload the remaining
26 damaged containers without the rest toppling into Port
Botany.
    The Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp  2609.TW  owned
container ship was travelling from Taiwan to Sydney when it
sailed into a major storm about 30 kms (18 miles) off the
country's east coast, just north of Sydney.
    Since the incident, clocks, nappies and other products have
washed up on Australia's coast, according to local media. Yang
Ming said no toxic material was released into the sea.
    The cleanup on the coast may take months as debris keeps
washing ashore, Australian Broadcasting Corp reported.
    Yang Ming has apologised for the accident and said it is
using local contractors to find and clean up the debris.

 (Reporting by Nicholas Ford
Editing by Michael Perry)
 ((Nick.ford@thomsonreuters.com))