April 5 2010 The Liberia-flagged containership, CCNI Antartico demolishes a modern gantry crane at ICTSI’s Contecon terminal in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
The 2002-built gearless boxship with a capacity of 4,100teu was on its maiden voyage as part of the CCNI fleet where it has been deployed to serve between Asia and the west coast of South America.
The CCNI Antartico brushed another vessel at berth before ploughing into one of three gantry cranes at the Contecon facility.
Remarkably nobody was injured in the accident.
Investigators are looking into the extent of the damage caused by the incident but Luis Cao,
Contecon’s general manager said that the crane had been “seriously damaged” and would need to be replaced, a measure that will hit productivity at the port for up to eight months.
