A super storm hit the city and snapped the mooring lines of the 4,600-teu Kiel Express (built 1991), causing it to collide with another ship and shear the mooring lines of a third.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the Hapag Lloyd vessel cut the moorings of an OOCL-owned ship as winds reached 126km/h.

Another vessel, the 4,150-teu Safmarine Makutu (built 2007), took a hit from the stern of Kiel Express, which then swung around to collide side by side with the other ship.

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