A Cosco-chartered boxship hit a gantry crane at a terminal at the northern entrance to the Suez Canal early Tuesday, temporarily shutting the site.
The stern of the 13,100-teu Cosco Hope (built 2012) hit the crane at the Suez Canal Container Terminal in Port Said, Egypt. One of the containers damaged in the accident contained chemicals, resulting in a large explosion at the site, according to a notice from Inchcape Shipping Services.
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