Navy to seek compensation from foreign tanker after port mishap
ROC Central News Agency
2019/03/09 17:54:38
Taipei, March 9 (CNA) Taiwan's Navy Command said Saturday it will seek compensation from a foreign-registered tanker that collided with one of its ships docked in the port of Keelung early Saturday morning.
The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m., when a Saudi oil/chemical tanker NCC SAMA accidentally hit the Knox-class frigate Ning Yang (FF-938) when entering a port terminal in Keelung.
No one was injured, but the Navy vessel sustained a dent on the port side bow upon impact, the Navy Command said in a statement.
The SAMA was scheduled to unload 3,100 tons of ethylene glycol in Keelung when it arrived in the port. Neither ship reported any leaks following the collision, the Maritime and Port Bureau said.
According to MarineTraffic, a maritime database that monitors vessels and their movements, the 29,168-ton tanker was arriving from the port of Taichung when the accident occurred.
The frigate will be repaired, the Navy Command said, noting that it would seek compensation for damage to its ship in accordance with the law.
The Saudi tanker has been ordered not to leave port pending an investigation of the incident by the relevant authorities, the maritime bureau said.
The Ning Yang served as the Knox-class frigate Aylwin in the United States Navy from 1971 to 1992 before it was decommissioned and sold to Taiwan. The ship, now known as the Chi Yang-class frigate, patrols Taiwan's eastern coast with potential submarine incursions its main focus.
(By Elaine Hou, Wang Chao-yu and Ko Lin)
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