The port area was hit by the two strong earthquakes with many flattened buildings and casualties.
The port of the southern Turkish city of Iskenderun (Alexandretta) suffered significant structural damage due to the earthquake with all operations suspended until further notice, container shipping company AP Molier Maersk said today.
Maersk said in a note that it is not yet clear when the port will resume normal operations.
“Given the situation in Iskenderun, we will have to make a change of destination for all reservations that were destined for the port or were already at sea,” the company said.
“At this time we plan to divert the containers to neighboring operationally feasible hubs or remain at transshipment ports — including the port of Mersin (in Turkey) and Port Said (in Egypt),” it said.
It is recalled that a large fire broke out in the port after the earthquake.
Video from Iskenderun, Turkey shows a large fire at the port. The port had to be shut down immediately and fire trucks are at the scene trying to stop the fire. Iskenderun is one of the cities hit hardest by the 7.8 earthquake pic.twitter.com/Whm7vLzA6I
— Royal Intel 👑 (@RoyalIntel_) February 6, 2023
In the videos broadcast by the foreign media, the fire appears to have broken out in the area with the containers.
A massive fire started in the port of Iskenderun in Turkey after an earthquake, the flames quickly spread among hundreds of shipping containers, the Sabah newspaper pic.twitter.com/jwptNKOUDj
— Russian Market (@runews) February 6, 2023
The port area was hit by the two strong earthquakes with many flattened buildings and casualties.
Absolutely horrific scenes out of the city of Iskenderun #Turkey, vast devastation and destruction from magnitude 7.8 earthquake. People feared to be under rubble. Death toll already above 200… pic.twitter.com/7Fo6yIyut6
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) February 6, 2023
İskenderun, Hatay
It was captioned this way:
“İskenderun situation is so bad. We need professional crew. We need construction machines.” #Deprem #Turkey 🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/38DtLqQrEa— Aleph א (@no_itsmyturn) February 6, 2023
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