A high entry speed and a not fully immersed propeller contributed to a large container ship hitting a gantry crane, resulting in the latter’s collapse. A large container ship was inbound and a port pilot embarked for docking. Emergency manoeuvres and some luck avoided contact with the berthed vessel aft, but the port bow of thecontainer ship struck a gantry crane on the pier, which quickly collapsed. Also read: Vessel’s berth contact cuts deepMars ReportsThis accident was covered in the Mars Reports, originally published as Mars 202534. A selection of the Mars Reports are also published in the SWZ|Maritime magazine.