The vessels involved in the Port Klang crash have been identified as the 8,714-teu San Felipe (built 2014) and 13,470-teu Al Riffa (built 2012).

Sources say fires broke out on the forward decks of both ships after the former struck the latter, which was moored at a terminal when the incident started to unfold.

In a statement a spokesman for Bernhard Schulte, which manages the San Felipe on behalf of SFI, noted a pilot was on the smaller of the two vessels when they allided.

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