VANCOUVER — It's going to take two large floating cranes to try to lift another crane that collapsed over a container vessel at the Port of Vancouver early Monday.
A tugboat is seen near the stern of a freighter after a large crane collapsed on the container ship at Port Metro Vancouver’s Vanterm facility, in Vancouver, on Monday January 28, 2019. A spokeswoman for Global Container Terminals Vanterm says the ship was coming in to berth early Monday morning when it made contact with a ship-to-shore crane on the dock, shutting down operations at one dock of the busy port. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Louanne Wong, director of communications with Global Container Terminals Vanterm, says a 900-ton floating crane known as The Beast was brought in Monday and a second 600-ton crane arriving Tuesday will be used together to support the recovery operation.
The Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident where it says the ship the Ever Summit struck a gantry crane while berthing and both the vessel and crane sustained damage.
The crane collapsed across the ship's containers, and Wong says they have confirmed that none of the damaged containers contain hazardous cargo.
She says engineering and maintenance teams along with external engineering contractors have been working to gain an understanding of the incident and to activate a recovery plan.
Vessel operations are still on hold at the Vanterm terminal, but Wong says rail and truck-gate operations are operating.
