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Two Boxships Collide In Hooghly River
TIGER SPRING suffers 'huge damage'...

Two container vessels collided in the Hooghly River, Tuesday, with one of them, the BTL-operated TIGER SPRING, registered in Gibraltar, suffering what a Kollata Port Trust spokesman described as 'huge' damage and was reported sinking.

The vessel was in collision with Singapore's Sea Consortium-managed vessel, GREEN VALLEY, registered Bahamas, after coming away from the Kolkata Dock System. The GREEN VALLEY apparently struck the TIGER SPRING amidships due to pilot error, says BombayNews.net

Crew-members of both vessels are reported safe, and police will be looking into the case. The GREEN VALLEY is said to have been detained by police.

The TIGER SPRING's starboard side has a huge gash in it, and the force of the impact even crushed deck containers so badly their contents can be seen poking out of the wreckage.

(TIGER SPRING was formerly known as BELUGA MOTIVATION and the photo shows former fleet sister BELUGA MODESTY which is an identical ship)




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