There was an accident at the Port of Belize this evening. Fortunately no one was hurt. As we understand it, this crane was offloading a ship, when one of the cables on the crane's winch burst. The caused the boom to collapse, leaving it crumpled like a paper clip, stretched down like a ladder into the sea. Port CEO Arturo Tux Vasquez said that most importantly no one was hurt. He says they always have another crane on standby - and right now they are working to remove the old crane from the pier head, and finish loading the ship. He says the damage was confined to the crane, which insurance has already assessed.
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There was an accident at the Port of Belize this evening. Fortunately no one was hurt. As we understand it, this crane was offloading a ship, when one of the cables on the crane's winch burst. The caused the boom to collapse, leaving it crumpled like a paper clip, stretched down like a ladder into the sea. Port CEO Arturo Tux Vasquez said that most importantly no one was hurt. He says they always have another crane on standby - and right now they are working to remove the old crane from the pier head, and finish loading the ship. He says the damage was confined to the crane, which insurance has already assessed.