All 88 crew members of the seven ships are reported to be safe, according to Taiwan’s Maritime and Port Bureau.
The local authorities are waiting for weather to improve in order to be able to launch response operations and avoid potential oil spills.
The grounded ships include containership Jin Hua, which got grounded on the starboard side. Based on the initial assessment, the 12 crew members on board the ship are safe and there has been no oil spill or water ingress reported.
The ship’s power system has not been affected by the grounding.
Panama-flagged containership Unlimited 2 is also aground, however, the vessel’s hull has been ruptured. The 10 crew members of the ship have been evacuated. The ship is said to be stable and in no danger of sinking or causing an oil spill.
The ships that suffered a similar fate include Changlong 68, Feilong 68, Tai Chang Hu I, An Li 699, and Shun Yu.
Heavy rain has caused flooding in Tainan City and evacuation of people across numerous districts after the tropical depression came down on the southern Taiwan on August 23.
七艘船被困在台灣高雄港外，因颱風襲擊颱風而遭遇強風和猛烈波浪。
據台灣海事和港務局稱，據報導，這7艘船的所有88名船員都是安全的。
當地政府正在等待天氣改善，以便能夠啟動應急行動並避免潛在的石油洩漏。
接地的船隻包括Jin Hua 集裝箱船，它在右舷側擱淺。根據初步評估，船上的12名船員是安全的，並且沒有報告漏油或進水。
船舶的電力系統沒有受到擱淺的影響。
巴拿馬國旗的集裝箱船Unlimited 2也是擱淺的，但船體的船體已經破裂。該船的10名船員已被疏散。據說該船穩定，沒有下沉或造成漏油的危險。
遭遇類似命運的船隻包括Changlong 68, Feilong 68, Tai Chang Hu I, An Li 699, and Shun Yu。
8月23日台灣南部發生熱帶低氣壓後，大雨導致台南市發生洪水，並在多個地區疏散人員。
Information source: World Maritime News Staff; Image Courtesy: Maritime and Port Bureau, Taiwan
