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Dock broke in two - ships suffered water ingress
A floating dock at the Kuzey Star shipyard in Tuzla broke into two parts in the morning of April 12, 2019, during a docking manoever, resulting in water ingress into two ships, the other one being the Russian "Lazurit", 2597 gt, inside the dock and one of the dock's cranes crashing into the sea. One crane operator were suffered leg injuries. One of the two ships in the dock was the "Seapower". The tanker took in water when the dock flooded, but the situation on board was brought under control. The "Lazurit" also took in water. The dock crane fell onto the ship which suffered a structural failure and was grounded in the dry dock on April 12, 2019. The incident location was declared a temporarily restricted zone until the completion of further inspections and investigations. The extent of damage was unknown at this stage. A more detailed damage survey will be carried out by the class surveyor together with the shipyard technical team upon completion of the vessel's re-floating, removal and shifting operation. Further repairs will be carried out by the shipyard technical team depending on the inspection result. One crane operator was injured due to the incident. No pollution was reported due to the incident. The "Lazurit" remained stationary in the dry dock. The Tuzla Port Master, Tuzla Security Directorate, Coast Guard teams, Tuzla Fire Department and GİSAŞ officials attended on scene. No polluton was reported. Turkish reports and video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPfft-XyJUY http://www.denizhaber.com/guncel/deniz-emniyet-derneginden-aciklama-h77801.html http://haber.sol.org.tr/toplum/tuzla-kuzey-star-tersanesinde-yanlis-yuklemeden-dolayi-vinc-devrildi-yaralilar-var-260751 http://www.denizhaber.com/kazalar/tuzla-da-kuzey-star-tersanesinde-yuzer-havuz-ortadan-kirildi-h77797.html https://www.istanbulhaber.com.tr/kuzey-star-tersanesinde-havuz-vinci-kirildi-yaralilar-var-haber-1200902.htm
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