SINGAPORE – A Singapore-flagged container ship crashed into a riverbank in West Bengal, India, on Aug 12, reportedly owing to turbulent conditions and possible steering malfunctions.
A video of the incident, posted on social media on Aug 12, shows a vessel loaded with containers heading directly towards a riverbank before crashing into the embankment of the Hooghly River.
The vessel, Nawata Bhum, is a Singapore-flagged container ship, according to vessel-tracking platform MarineTraffic.
The vessel had departed Port Klang in Malaysia on Aug 3 and was on its way to Kolkata’s Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port.
AsiaOne, citing tracking data from MarineTraffic, reported that the vessel crashed into an embankment near Diamond Harbour at around 11am local time (1.30pm Singapore time) on Aug 12.
The harbour is located about 50km south of Kolkata.
MarineTraffic said the ship “failed to recover from a bend in the river” at Diamond Harbour after sailing approximately 50km from the port.
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