There was a major accident around noon today at the Port of Belize when the crane buckled and the boom crashed unto the ship it was offloading from. Very fortunately, no one was hurt, though the ship may have experienced damage to its hatch.
The Port of Belize confirms that the crane was offloading a container from the ship named Palencia. But while maneuvering the container out of the ship - the container got jammed on a rail that it slides out on, it got stuck and that jerked the boom causing the container to fall back unto the deck of the ship, and the boom to crash unto the deck. Very fortunately, the stevedores already knew something could go wrong, and they had cleared out the area.
CEO of the Port, Tux Vasquez says their priority right now is to remove the boom with another crane and continue offloading the ship. That work to remove the fallen boom will commence at 7:00 tomorrow.
The Palencia is just under 400 feet long.
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