On Saturday, three quay cranes in the Turkish port of Evyap, in the Gulf of Izmit, were shot down by the container ship YM Witness of the Taiwanese Yang Ming who, despite the assistance of the tugboats, hit the quay upon its arrival at the container terminal of the airport and overwhelmed three of the four units ship-to-shore. The incident occurred at noon, now and did not cause any injuries.

The vessel, which is 368 meters long and has a deadweight of 145 thousand tons, has a hold capacity of 14,080 teu. YM Witness is employed by Yang Ming in the MD3 service connecting the Far East to the Mediterranean calling at the ports of Pusan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shekou, Singapore, Jeddah, Damietta, Istanbul, Evyap, Aliaga, Mersin, Jeddah, Singapore and Kaohsiung.