The Maersk operated terminal in Oman was struck on Saturday damaging a ship to shore crane
Operations at the container terminal in Salalah were suspended on 28 March after a drone strike in the early morning.
Maersk said an incident occurred early morning local time on 28 March which was understood to have involved drone activity and explosions in the port.
“Following the incident in which a terminal crane sustained damage, the port was immediately evacuated and operations across the facility were temporarily suspended,” Maersk said.Photos published on the Facebook page of Marino Ph show smoke rising from the terminal and a damaged quay crane with its boom broken and crashed into the water.
“The Port of Salalah remains in full cooperation with relevant authorities and Maersk’s current estimate is that operations will be on hold for approximately 48 hours,” Maersk said.Maersk said all its crew were safe and accounted for and no vessels or cargo had been damaged.The Port of Salalah Container Terminal is operated by Maersk’s APM Terminals and serves as the region hub for the Danish line’s alliance Gemini Cooperation with Hapag-Lloyd. It is not the first time the Port of Salalah has been hit the Middle East conflict with oil storage tanks struck on previous occasions