&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;An investigation has been launched after a Hoegh Autoliners-chartered car carrier hit a berthed tug in Durban, South Africa.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Video footage shows the bow of the 6,500-ceu CSCC Asia (built 2009) collide with the Inyalazi side-on on 16 April, before reversing away.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The Independent daily cited Nokuzola Nkowane, acting Durban port manager, as saying: “No injuries were reported as there were no employees on board the tug Inyalazi.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;"Damage occurred to the quayside and the tug sustained a hole on its side which has resulted in an ingress of water into the tug. Tug Umbilo was deployed to the site with a salvage pump to remove the water from Inyalazi."&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;She added: “Port operations were not affected. The car carrier vessel was able to commence operation and the tug Inyalazi will be moved to the dry dock for repairs.”&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Port authority Transnet has started a probe into the incident.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Hoegh Autoliners told TradeWinds it only operates the ship commercially. Manager Stamco has been contacted for further comment.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/field&gt;&lt;field name="alternativebylines"&gt;&lt;value&gt;&lt;field name="alternativebylinevalue"&gt;Gary Dixon&lt;/field&gt;&lt;field name="alternativebylineuserid"&gt;1085&lt;/field&gt;&lt;/value&gt;&lt;/field&gt;&lt;field name="featureindicator"&gt;&lt;value&gt;normal&lt;/value&gt;&lt;/field&gt;&lt;field name="paywallcontentsize"&gt;&lt;value&gt;small&lt;/value&gt;&lt;/field&gt;&lt;tag identifier="tag:organization@tradewindsnews.com,2015:Hoegh_Autoliners" relevance="1.0"/&gt;&lt;tag identifier="tag:regions@tradewindsnews.com,2012:South_Africa" relevance="1.0"/&gt;&lt;tag identifier="tag:newstopics@tradewindsnews.com,2012:casualties" relevance="1.0"/&gt;&lt;tag identifier="tag:shiptypes@tradewindsnews.com,2012:Tugs" relevance="1.0"/&gt;&lt;/content&gt;&lt;/escenic&gt;</p>