The container ship Condor ran aground near Chile, while operating with cargo of 698 TEU on route to Punta Arenas. The cargo ship was underway in the canals of Chile, when due to navigation error hit a shallow and the ship ran aground. The ship has various damages of the hull, but not serious. The salvage operations were planed for today, but the ship should be discharged from a few containers and fuel, before towed back on water. There are no pollution and injured crew members during the accident, but the Chile Coast Guard will start investigation about it and most probably the master of container ship Condor will be fined.
The container ship Condor (IMO: 9191632) has length of 132.00 meters and beam of 19.00 meters. The summer deadweight of the ship is 8,350 DWT and the gross tonnage is 6,406 GRT. The ship was built in 1998 in the shipyard of Detlef Hegemann Rolandwerft in Berne, Germany. The vessel is owned by Chile company Ultragas Navieras and managed by Humboldt Shipmanagement. Vessel is in good condition, but will need of severe repair after the collision.