10 October 2017 1 Min Read

WATCH | Wind blows ship across harbour mouth in Durban

in News / South Africa by Jeff Wicks
A screenshot of a container-laden ship that had been blown into the Durban harbour's mouth, blocking it.
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Strong winds that battered the coastline caused a container-laden ship to block the Durban harbour mouth on Tuesday.

Four tugs were attempting to pull the vessel clear‚ according to a member of the disaster management team dealing with the storm that struck parts of the city‚ causing flash flooding.

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A second vessel broke its mooring and was stuck on a sand bank within the harbour.

Transnet did not initially respond to queries about the incident.

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