According to foreign media reports, at around 04:00 on the morning of August 14, local time, the 14,074TEU ultra-large container ship CSCL JUPITER under COSCO SHIPPING ran aground in Bath, the Netherlands. The accident channel was once closed, and more than 10 ships were blocked.
CSCL JUPITER serves the AEU7 route of COSCO SHIPPING Asia-Europe, which belongs to the common cabin route of the Ocean Alliance, and was executing voyage 046W/046E at the time of the incident.
The accident is expected to have a considerable impact on the ship's schedule, and the ship has passed through Ningbo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Shekou, several major export ports, and it belongs to the Ocean Alliance shared cabin route. From the picture, you can also see that there are Evergreen and CMA CGM's APL Freight forwarding foreign trade companies that have containers of alliance members on it, have goods on it, or have follow-up loading plans should pay attention.
When the accident happened, CSCL JUPITER was heading from Antwerp to Hamburg. According to local media reports in the Netherlands, the ship rushed into the shoal at a speed of 13 knots. The cause of the accident may be due to mechanical failure.
After the accident, several tugboats went to assist.
According to the ship dynamic query, CSCL JUPITER is still near the channel where the accident occurred.