A BINGLE between ship loading equipment and bulk carrier African Jay means vessels are not being loaded.
Details on the incident remain sketchy, but there were no injuries.
The incident took place on Saturday (2 November) at global agriculture network Viterra’s South Australian, Adrossan port terminal on the east coast of the Yorke Peninsula, about 150 kilometres from the Adelaide city centre.
A statement from Viterra said they were liaising with shipping clients to minimise the impact on their operations.
“There was an incident at our Ardrossan port terminal which has damaged the ship loading equipment,” the statement said.
“We are currently investigating the cause of the incident and assessing the damage to determine the timeframe for when the port will be able to load vessels.”
The Ardrossan port terminal loads non-grain commodities on behalf of clients and Viterra doesn’t load grain through the port terminal.
Photographs of the damaged ship loading equipment were taken by a photographer who wishes to remain anonymous.
