CPC Corp tanker hits DEME’s newbuild wind installation vessel in Taiwan
A CPC Corp product tanker allided with DEME’s berthed newbuild offshore installation vessel at Kaohsiung port in Taiwan last Friday morning.
Minor damage, such as dents and broken railings above the waterline, was reported to DEME’s 37,946 dwt Green Jade and the 40,500 dwt Hua Yun. There were no injuries.
Despite tug assistance, the 182-m-long Hua Yun struck the 216.5-m-long Green Jade at the starboard side with its portside stern during a turning manoever.
The tanker berthed at the Dalin Refinery at berth 4 after the accident and left Kaohsiung on Sunday. The offshore installation vessel, which was delivered less than a month ago, is still moored in Kaohsiung.
DEME will use the vessel, via a joint venture with shipbuilder CSBC, to install wind farms offshore Taiwan. The ship’s first deployment will be for the installation of jacket foundations at the 298 MW Zhong Neng project.
