A Hapag-Lloyd containership brushed up against a moored boxship Monday, causing numerous containers to fall overboard into one of South Asia's busiest deep-water ports.
Hapag-Lloyd's 8,063-teu Tolten (built 2012) scraped along the right side of the 6,350-teu Hamburg Bay (built 2009) moored in Pakistan's Port of Karachi as it was berthing into a position in front of the Hamburg Bay.
The Hamburg Bay is owned by Lombard Corporate Finance, according to Vessels Value.
A representative in Karachi for Tolten's insurer, Britannia Steamship Insurance Association, confirmed that a collision involving the two vessels had taken place.
Rolf Habben Jansen-led Hapag-LLoyd could not be immediately reached for comment.
The Hamburg Bay is insured by North of England P&I Association, according to Equasis.
The Tolten was stopped in front of the Hamburg Bay at 1730 GMT following the collision.
The South Asia Port Terminal suspended operations while the Karachi Port Trust removed containers from the water.
No injuries were reported.
This story was amended to reflect the ownership of the vessel Hamburg Bay.
