From Fairplay:
THE coastal container ship Umfolozi has sunk at its berth in the Namibian port of Walvis Bay shortly after colliding with the dredger Ingwenya outside the port. The St Piran Shipping-owned 671-TEU Umfolozi is on charter to Ocean Africa Container Lines for its coastal operation linking South Africa with Namibia and Angola. It sailed from Walvis Bay for Cape Town at 2300 on Friday and ran into the dredger, which was inbound from Richards Bay, about an hour later. There were no injuries on either vessel but Umfolozi began taking on water and returned to port to a berth at the container terminal. Shortly afterwards as the holds flooded the vessel settled on the bottom of the harbour bed leaving the decks and superstructure above the waterline. About 100 tons of fuel oil leaked outside and within the harbour and clean-up operations are underway. The ship was carrying 220 tons of HFO and 115 tonnes of MDO. The 225 containers on the Umfolozi have been lifted off, forcing a revision to schedule, according to Andrew Thomas, Ocean Africa
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