According to Vietnamese officials, on 14th July, a Wan Hai containership made contact with a bulker. While neither vessel appears to have sustained significant damage in the allision, a portion of the cargo handling equipment at the dry bulk terminal collapsed.
In particular, the containership, Wan Hai A02, registered in Singapore, was inbound to the Cai Mep port complex in southern Vietnam arriving on a trip from the United States with an interim stop in China.
The 1,099-foot Wan Hai A02 was maneuvering on the Thi Vai River with reports of bad weather including rain and strong winds. The vessel was coming through an S-curve in the river when reports said its stern slipped out of the channel and made contact with a docked bulker.
The force of the allision from the stern of the containership pushed the bulker into the terminal facility. A 150-foot section of the cargo conveyor system and the suction equipment for offloading grains and flour collapsed. Pictures show it atop a smaller river barge that is seen listing.
