The 'Theseus' suffered a container collapse and loss in the Gulf of Aden, en route from Jeddah to Colombo, after being caught in the cyclone Sagar which ravaged the northwest Indian Ocean around May 19, 2018
The 'Theseus' suffered a container collapse and loss in the Gulf of Aden, en route from Jeddah to Colombo, after being caught in the cyclone Sagar which ravaged the northwest Indian Ocean around May 19, 2018. The ship, operated under Ocean Alliance’s Asia-Mediterranean service by Evergreen Line, was en-route to Colombo on its weekly scheduled call after Jeddah. Some of the containers were washed away while others were crushed, scattered around or left hanging along the stacks. On receipt of a distress call, the operations team from CICT boarded the vessel for a pre-inspection and developed a comprehensive action plan with a dedicated team of ship-to-shore gantry operators and experienced stevedores, after which vessel was brought alongside the CICT berth, by the pilots of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). The salvage operation commenced with an inspection of all damaged containers by a professional surveyor. Thereafter, the CICT team launched the simultaneous lashing and unlashing operation, which involved unlashing the damaged units, lashing adjacent containers to secure them and discharging the damaged units after the ship had arrived at Colombo on May 22. After 36 hours, on May 24, it sailed again, bound to Singapore before proceeding to Qingdao, ETA June 4. Report with photos: www.thesundaylead...
