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Intoxicated Pilot Aboard HMM Boxship Hits Dock at Kaohsiung


published on 22 March 2023 455 -

Found on YouTube. Created by "上報". Originally published on 2023-03-21.
A containership arriving in Taiwan hit the berth after traveling in excess of the harbor speed according to reports from the port authority and Taiwan’s Maritime and Port Bureau. They are confirming media reports that the pilot assigned to the vessel was legally intoxicated at the time of the incident.

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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Iraj Niazkhani Persian Gulf Pilot Maritime Services Co., Iran
on 15 April 2023, 13:51 UTC

The good pilot must have promised for his job
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