SL STAR

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Cargo ship capsized in port

In the morning of March 19, 2019, the "SL Star" started to list to starboard side during cargo operations in the Shahid Rajaei Port in Bandar Abbas. A lack of coordination between dockers and crew led toa stability loss, and the ship with 153 containers on board started tilting. Some of the 14 Indian crew members were injured by shifting cargo, one of them lost one leg. Three of the injured crew members have been transferred to hospital. The ship finally turned upside down with the bottom above water. Containers were floating around the wreck. A gantry crane started removing them. The "SL Star" had sailed from the Hormozgan Steel Complex on March 6. Reports with photos and video: http://www.irna.ir/en/News/83248807 https://www.isna.ir/photo/97122814874/%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%98%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=22&v=jZSpmH64cQk