This Container Ship Collision Dumped Brand New Cars Into The Sea

Two cargo ships have collided in a major Pakistani port, dumping containers carrying brand new imported cars into the sea.

It’s not clear what caused the Tolten to crash into the Hamburg Bay earlier this week, while the former was trying to dock at Karachi’s major industrial port, but the net result was damage to both ships and the loss of 21 containers, pushed into the water by the stationary Hamburg Bay’s bow.

The containers can clearly be seen in the sea, some floating out towards open water while others mournfully start to sink. Meanwhile, the dock workers simply stand by and watch the action, apparently in blind indifference to the mayhem. There might not have been a lot they could physically do to stop the containers falling, but surely there’d be contingencies to get started on…

The port has apparently been closed while the clean-up and salvage operations do what needs to be done.

So yeah, err, anyway. If you’re on the South Asian subcontinent and you’ve just taken a phone call explaining that your new car’s delivery will be delayed, now you know why…

Video via Jalopnik