MSC boxship sinks deeper off Zhoushan after failed refloating

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The MSC Silvana VIII, an 8,401 TEU container ship, has sunk deeper off Zhoushan after failed refloating attempts. The 20-year-old vessel had entered the Zhoushan ship repair area following its arrival from Gwangyang, South Korea.

The 8,401 teu MSC Silvana VIII has sunk deeper into the water off Zhoushan after attempts to refloat the grounded containership failed, with local media showing much of the vessel now submerged. The 20-year-old, 332 m long ship entered the Zhoushan ship repair area on June 22 after arriving from Gwangyang, South Korea. It then …