On April 14, about 15 nautical miles south of Chittagong, Bangladesh, a 1400TEU container ship "HAIAN CITY" collided with the oil tanker "ORION EXPRESS", both ships were damaged, the details are unknown, but the container ship has stability problems .
The Vietnamese-flagged container ship MV Haian City left Chattogram port for Singapore in the morning and was involved in an accident near Kutubia, about 14 nautical miles from Patenga Naval Base, around 10.30am.
The ship was hit by an inbound tanker named Orion Express, causing Hai'an to lose one or more containers into the sea, they added that the container ship was partially damaged by the accident.
Port officials said the container ship needed to repair the damage before it could resume sailing, and both ships were asked not to sail until claims were resolved.
The Chittagong Port Authority had deployed its salvage tug Kadari-11 along with pilots on duty and pollution control vessels to salvage the drowning containers, but work was interrupted due to rough seas.
Rafique Uddin, head of Intermodal Pvt Ltd, a local agent for the container ship, said, "Our surveyors were unable to reach the ship due to bad weather, so we were unable to assess the damage. Our maintenance crews were also unable to get close to the ship."
It is reported that the container ship "HAIAN CITY" is a feeder ship between Singapore and Chittagong, flying the Vietnamese flag and operated by Samudera Shipping Line Ltd.
