An MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company-operated container ship that ran aground in the Singapore Strait on Wednesday has been refloated.
The 14,300-teu MSC Faith (built 2019) was refloated in the early hours of Wednesday morning and moved to an anchorage off Batam for inspection, an Indonesian official told TradeWinds.
No pollution has been reported and the vessel’s crew is said to be safe and in good health.
Claims consultancy WK Webster said on Wednesday that the MSC Faith grounded after leaving Singapore’s Pasir Panjang container terminal en route to Yantian, China.
MSC has yet to comment on the incident.
The MSC Faith is owned by China’s ICBC Financial Leasing.
The area in which it ran aground has had several vessel groundings in recent years.
In May 2020, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines’ 6,572-teu container ship Shahraz (built 2008) grounded on a nearby rocky outcrop while trying to avoid colliding with a tugboat that crossed in its path.
It took Indonesian salvors 10 months to remove a full load of containers and refloat the ship, which suffered a buckled hull.
Despite significant hull damage, the Shahraz was taken to China for repairs. The S&P Global International Ships Register indicates that ownership was transferred to Honduras-registered Adige Shipping and it was renamed Flora. It is listed as flying the Syrian flag.
