Dramatic Video: aging container ship rolls in Vietnam
Footage captures moment containers slide from the deck of the Alica at Hiep Phuoc.
An aging general cargo ship, the 2,500-dwt, 1987-built Alica has rolled at her berth in Hiep Phuoc, Vietnam. 18 of the ship’s container slid from the deck during the partial capsize.
Video footage shows the vessel righting herself a little after the cargo fell into the harbour.
The Ho Vhi Minh City department of transport restricted traffic on the Doi canal and Kinh river in the Nha Be district because of the accident, reports the Tin Tuc newspaper.
The Mongolian-flagged vessel is 72-metres long and was carrying 54 containers in total. No injuries or pollution were reported and no cause of the accident has been given.
