Sri Lankan Ship Crashes in Indian Port

A ship carrying containers and construction equipment from Sri Lanka lost control and hit a Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) jetty in India yesterday (22). No one was injured in the accident.

“The ship was coming from Colombo with heavy machineries and containers. On its way to Kolkata port, it lost control due to some technical problems and hit a jetty at Nurpur in South 24 Parganas district,” quoting Kolkata Port Trust Chairman A.K Chanda Indo Asian News Service said.

He said the steering of the ship got jammed and the captain had no option but to stop it abruptly.

“The jetty was completely damaged but no injury to people was reported in the incident,” Chanda said.

Source: Government of Sri Lanka

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