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Container ship sank off Zhoushan
On Aug 4, 2026, the 'MSC Silvana VIII' partially sank near Daishan, Zhoushan, after spending nearly three weeks at a local ship-repair facility. A substantial portion of the ship’s hull was below the waterline, while the upper parts of the accommodation block and parts of the container deck remained above the water with the bow pointing to the sky. The bottom in the current location dropped off steeply into a deep channel of up to 40-50 meters of depth. The ship had departed Gwangyang on June 21, after a port stay of about two days. It entered the Zhoushan ship repair area on June 22 after arriving from Gwangyang. The vessel remained there for approximately 19 days. Having completed 20 years in service, it would have been due for a special survey covering the hull, machinery and underwater areas. Following repairs, the vessel was scheduled to serve MSC's "LION" service—connecting Asia and Northern Europe—under the planned voyage number GL630W. On the night of July 11, the vessel drifted aground, when the Typhoon Bavi struck Zhejiang with wind speeds of 40 metres per second, on a marked rock just off Daishan, During refloating attempts, the ship got stuck again at another marked outcropping on July 12, just off the west end of Dazhyu Island. The vessel then continued to take on water and developed an increasing list to port side. After the sinking, almost 3,000 tonnes of fuel have been removed. However, satellite imagery showed on Aug 7 that the ship was leaking fuel oil. A slick stretched off several miles to the south. The salvage operation was now facing another weather threat from the inbound typhoon Dolphin with wind speeds of 45 metres per second which made landfall on Aug 9. Heavy-lift equipment has been positioned at the wreck, indicating a new phase of the salvage operation. The exact scope of the current lifting work has not yet been officially confirmed. Reports with photos and video: https://packaged-media.redd.it/tviy6kb5b4lh1/pb/m2-res_558p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&var=sgpssan&v=1&e=1787526000&s=05031dac1c6585d515cbbdb2cb8122bc22aca133 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/breakingmsc-8401-teu-containership-partially-off-stay-yang-chen-%E9%99%88%E6%B4%8B--1omtc https://www.reddit.com/r/SeaEmploy/comments/1vieh6o/a_serious_incident_involving_the_8401teu/ https://maritime-executive.com/article/msc-boxship-partially-sinks-off-zhoushan https://m.amz123.com/t/daGU6soX https://incidentia.ru/news/konteynerovoz-msc-silvana-viii-u-dayshanya-2026-08-10 https://www.gospodarkamorska.pl/kontenerowiec-msc-czesciowo-zatonal-u-wybrzezy-chin-niedawno-przeszedl-remont-94311 https://container-news.com/msc-ship-could-sink-following-grounding-during-typhoon-bavi/
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