Huge ship loses balance and tilts at Vishakhapatnam dock

Huge ship loses balance and tilts at Vishakhapatnam dock.A ship of about 11,000 tonnes lost its balance and tilted at Vishakhapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh. It started to tilt when the cargo was being loaded and got tilted till it touches the berth.

Around 1,200 Mt iron was loaded on the ship due to which it lost balance. This incident happened at around 3:30 pm today. The crew members on the ship had a narrow escape as the ship tilted on land side, if it was on the other side then the ship would have sunk in water.

The MV HAi Duong 09 is still tilted and the crew members are removing loaded iron to stabilize it.