Engineers are studying the steering gear of the ultra-large containership (ULC) CSCL Jupiter (built 2011) after it grounded at Antwerp earlier this week, disrupting the port for hours.
Mechanical failure was raised as the most likely cause of the grounding as the Samsung-built, 14,000-teu boxship attempted to depart one of Europe’s busiest ports for Hamburg.
Automatic identification system data shows the ship successfully navigating the channel and avoiding traffic in the busy shipping lanes after leaving the main Antwerp container terminal at 6am on Monday.
