SHIP UNDER CONSTRUCTION SNAPS CABLES UNDER FORCE OF TYPHOON |高雄港船隻纜繩斷 漂移撞壞港區設備

Ten ships were pulled from their moorings in Kaohsiung Port during the typhoon and were blown into other ships and harbor equipment. A Taiwan-made container ship which was still under construction crashed into four YangMing Marine Transport Corporation's gantry cranes. The cost in service alone, without even the cost of replacing the machinery, is over NT$500 million. Typhoon Meranti brought heavy rain and strong winds, with gusts up to force 17. Ten ships moored in Kaohsiung Port had their mooring cables snapped by the force of the typhoon seas and drifted into other vessels and port equipment. A Taiwan-built container ship under construction crashed into the Yangming Line's wharf. The wharf cannot be used. Premier Lin Chuan came to inspect the damage. ==Premier LIN CHUAN == Kaohsiung Port historically, has never been affected like this, so I came to take a look at Kaohsiung Port. ==LU CHAN-YOU Dep. Chair, Taiwan Intl. Port Corp. Port of Kaohsiung== T38 cables snapped on the newly-constructed Fengming container ship so that it drifted. The wind and waves were were too heavy and so it couldn't be rescued immediately, so that the Fengming damaged four container haulage machines. ==CHEN FENG-LIN General Manager CSBC Corporation== We have some operational damage (How much?) due to this we will allocate funds, I don't think it is a significant loss of revenue, when we build ships, we have insurance in place. The Port of Kaohsiung said it will put equipment back into operation as soon as possible and assist the shipbuilding company with follow up necessary for insurance purposes. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 高雄港有十艘船隻在這次颱風，纜繩斷裂，漂移撞到其他船隻與港務設備，其中一艘台灣造船正打造的貨櫃輪，將陽明海運的碼頭起重機撞壞，光是這個碼頭的起重機財務損失，就超過台幣5億。 莫蘭蒂颱風帶來的強風大雨，最大瞬間陣風一度高達17級，讓高雄港十艘船隻纜繩斷裂，發生漂移意外，不但撞到其他船隻，還撞壞港區設備，台灣造船正在打造的貨櫃輪風明輪，更是將陽明海運的碼頭的起重機撞壞，編號110號碼頭已暫時無法運作，行政院長林全特別前來巡視。 ==行政院長 林全== 高雄港可以說是在過去歷史上 很少有這麼大的一個影響 所以今天特別來看 先來看高雄港 ==台灣港務公司高雄分公司副總 盧展猷== 新造的風明輪 因為38根纜繩斷裂 造成漂移 但是因為風浪太大 而無法及時搶救 造成風明輪撞損了 碼頭四台的橋式機 初步估計機具損失超過5億元，面對賠償問題，台船表示由於有保險，所以對台船的影響不大。 ==台船總經理 陳豊霖== 我們有一些營收的損失 （大約多少） 因為營收的損失我們會做調配 我相信損失不大 因為我們這條船 後面有保險公司來理賠嘛 台灣港務公司也表示，將會盡快恢復高雄港各項設施，並協調船公司與保險公司針對此次風災的後續賠償進行協商。 記者張志雄 郭俊麟 溫正衡 高雄報導