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Accident at China Shipping Industry yard, one dead

Photo of Jason Jiang Jason JiangOctober 14, 2015
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Eight workers at China Shipping Industry’s Shanghai yard at Changxing Island fell off a vessel yesterday evening while they were building a scaffold around it and the scaffold suddenly collapsed.

One worker died on the way to hospital, one is in serious condition and the remaining six suffered injuries.

China Shipping Industry is a subsidiary yard of China Shipping Group, providing both shipbuilding and ship repair services.

Photo of Jason Jiang Jason JiangOctober 14, 2015
19 Less than a minute
Photo of Jason Jiang

Jason Jiang

Jason is one of the most prolific writers on the diverse China shipping & logistics industry and his access to the major maritime players with business in China has proved an invaluable source of exclusives. Having been working at Asia Shipping Media since inception, Jason is the chief correspondent of Splash and associate editor of Maritime CEO magazine. Previously he had written for a host of titles including Supply Chain Asia, Cargo Facts and Air Cargo Week.
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