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SWANSEA: Firefighters describe dramatic rescue of casualty from giant cargo ship at Swansea’s King’s Dock
When the call came in at 4.14pm on Tuesday 28 April, crews from Swansea Central and Morriston fire stations knew straight away this wasn’t going to be a straightforward job.
The Welsh Ambulance Service had requested the fire service’s help with a casualty aboard a large cargo vessel at King’s Dock — and one look at the ship told them why.
The JSP Samsø, a multi-purpose cargo ship registered in Madeira, stretches roughly 90 metres from bow to stern — almost the length of a full football pitch — and weighs in at approximately 4,000 gross tonnes.
Emergency services at King’s Dock during the rescue operation. Picture: Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue ServiceStanding at the dockside, the ship towers above you like a four-storey building. Getting someone off safely from a vessel that size was going to take planning, specialist equipment and tight coordination between agencies.
Ships like the JSP Samsø present a particular challenge for emergency responders. The sheer height of the vessel above the dockside, combined with the complex layout of walkways, ladders and decking, means a standard stretcher carry simply isn’t an option for a seriously injured or immobile casualty.
That’s where the turntable ladder from Morriston Fire Station came in — a specialist piece of kit that can reach significant heights and be used as a platform to lower a casualty safely to the ground.
Firefighters use a turntable ladder appliance to remove the casualty from the vessel. Picture: Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue ServiceBefore any of that could happen, the crews first had to carefully immobilise and package the casualty to make sure they could be moved safely. Working alongside Welsh Ambulance Service paramedics, firefighters went through the painstaking process of securing the patient on a stretcher before the extraction could begin.
It was detailed, careful work — exactly the kind of thing that looks unremarkable from the outside but requires significant skill and training to get right.
Once the casualty was ready, the turntable ladder was brought into position and the extraction got under way. The patient was brought down from the vessel and transferred directly into the care of the ambulance crew waiting on the dockside.
The casualty was then conveyed to hospital. Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service have not provided details of the patient’s condition, as is standard practice.
The crews were stood down and left the scene at 5.21pm — just over an hour after they had first arrived.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the incident demonstrated the ability of their crews to adapt quickly and deliver effective casualty care under pressure, as well as what they described as seamless coordination with partner agencies.
The docks have long been a challenging environment for emergency services, with the combination of heavy industrial machinery, large vessels and confined spaces creating risks that require specialist training and equipment to manage safely.
King’s Dock is operated by Associated British Ports (ABP), which has run the Port of Swansea since 1982 and manages the harbour offices on site. As the principal commercial area of the port, it handles cargo vessels from across Europe and beyond — and the combination of heavy industrial machinery, large vessels and confined spaces means emergency services require specialist training to operate safely there.
The port’s working docks are separate from the nearby SA1 waterfront development and the marina, which occupy former dock areas that have been redeveloped over recent decades. King’s Dock remains an active commercial facility, and incidents involving vessels or dockside workers are handled by a multi-agency response drawing on fire, ambulance and coastguard resources depending on the nature of the emergency.
The JSP Samsø — registered under a Madeira flag and operated as a multi-purpose cargo vessel — is typical of the commercial shipping that calls at Swansea’s port facilities.
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#cargoShip #containerShip #KingSDock #MidAndWestWalesFireAndRescueService #rescue #Swansea
How the Water Street fire was brought under control after days of firefighting. -
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/99540/ US says Iran ceasefire holds despite attacks in Strait of Hormuz #attack #BroadConflict #Cargo #ceasefire #CommercialVessel #ContainerShip #DefenseSecretaryPeteHegseth #DefensiveOperation #Forces #freedom #Hormuz #InternationalWaterway #Iran #IranCeasefire #mcnd #Military #MilitaryAction #mission #Oil #OperationEpicFury #PeaceDeal #PresidentDonaldTrump #ProjectFreedom #Secretary #ship #strait #StraitOfHormuz #TrumpAdministration #tuesday #USForce #US #usa #War
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/92648/ Iran war redraws sea routes with Africa as the pivot | National #afp #BabElMandeb #ContainerShip #MaritimeTransport #PersianGulf #RedSea #Shipping #StraitOfHormuz #SuezCanal #UnitedArabEmirates #WaterTransport
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/92386/ Iran war redraws sea routes with Africa as the pivot | News #afp #BabElMandeb #ContainerShip #FreightTransport #Fujairah #IntermodalContainer #KhorFakkan #MaritimeTransport #PersianGulf #port #RedSea #Shipping #StraitOfHormuz #SuezCanal #Transport #UnitedArabEmirates #WaterTransport
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/213563/ Iran war redraws sea routes with Africa as the pivot | Nation #afp #Africa #BabElMandeb #ContainerShip #FreightTransport #fujairah #IntermodalContainer #KhorFakkan #MaritimeTransport #PersianGulf #Port #RedSea #Shipping #StraitOfHormuz #SuezCanal #transport #UnitedArabEmirates #WaterTransport
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/92246/ Iran war redraws sea routes with Africa as the pivot | News #afp #BabElMandeb #ContainerShip #FreightTransport #Fujairah #IntermodalContainer #KhorFakkan #MaritimeTransport #PersianGulf #port #RedSea #Shipping #StraitOfHormuz #SuezCanal #Transport #UnitedArabEmirates #WaterTransport
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/213542/ Iran war redraws sea routes with Africa as the pivot | Nation #afp #Africa #BabElMandeb #ContainerShip #FreightTransport #fujairah #IntermodalContainer #KhorFakkan #MaritimeTransport #PersianGulf #Port #RedSea #Shipping #StraitOfHormuz #SuezCanal #transport #UnitedArabEmirates #WaterTransport
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/92237/ Iran war redraws sea routes with Africa as the pivot | National #afp #BabElMandeb #ContainerShip #FreightTransport #Fujairah #IntermodalContainer #KhorFakkan #MaritimeTransport #PersianGulf #port #RedSea #Shipping #StraitOfHormuz #SuezCanal #Transport #UnitedArabEmirates #WaterTransport
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/92230/ Iran war redraws sea routes with Africa as the pivot | Nation #afp #BabElMandeb #ContainerShip #FreightTransport #Fujairah #IntermodalContainer #KhorFakkan #MaritimeTransport #PersianGulf #port #RedSea #Shipping #StraitOfHormuz #SuezCanal #Transport #UnitedArabEmirates #WaterTransport
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Why Beijing’s weaponised cargo ship could be a crucial player in the Taiwan Strait
The People’s Liberation Army’s latest weaponised contain…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #Beijing #China #ChinaTaiwanConflicts #containership #EastChinaSea #HudongZhonghuaShipbuilding #OrdnanceIndustryScienceTechnology #people'sliberationarmy #roll-on/roll-off #shippinglane #southchinasea #Taiwan #TaiwanConflict #TaiwanStrait #UnitedStates #washington #weaponisedcargoship #ZhongDa79
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#FotoVorschlag 'Der Weg ist das Ziel' / 'The journey is the destination'
Immer geradeaus - bis wieder Land in Sicht kommt!
Always straight forward – until land comes into sight again!
#photography #fotografie #SchiffSamstag #seefahrt #containership #hapaglloyd
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#FotoVorschlag 'Der Weg ist das Ziel' / 'The journey is the destination'
Immer geradeaus - bis wieder Land in Sicht kommt!
Always straight forward – until land comes into sight again!
#photography #fotografie #SchiffSamstag #seefahrt #containership #hapaglloyd
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#FotoVorschlag 'Der Weg ist das Ziel' / 'The journey is the destination'
Immer geradeaus - bis wieder Land in Sicht kommt!
Always straight forward – until land comes into sight again!
#photography #fotografie #SchiffSamstag #seefahrt #containership #hapaglloyd
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#FotoVorschlag 'Der Weg ist das Ziel' / 'The journey is the destination'
Immer geradeaus - bis wieder Land in Sicht kommt!
Always straight forward – until land comes into sight again!
#photography #fotografie #SchiffSamstag #seefahrt #containership #hapaglloyd
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#FotoVorschlag 'Der Weg ist das Ziel' / 'The journey is the destination'
Immer geradeaus - bis wieder Land in Sicht kommt!
Always straight forward – until land comes into sight again!
#photography #fotografie #SchiffSamstag #seefahrt #containership #hapaglloyd
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/46647/ Factbox-How many ships have been attacked in the Gulf since start of Iran war? #ContainerShip #CrewMember #CrudeOilTanker #Iran #MarshallIslands #MarshallIslandsFlagged #NauticalMiles #PersianGulf #projectile #RasAlKhaimah #RevolutionaryGuards #StraitOfHormuz #UKMTO
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/16099/ Hapag-Lloyd container ship hit by shrapnel near Strait of Hormuz #ContainerShip #HapagLloyd #Hormuz #Iran #StraitOfHormuz
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Leider zu spät und daher nur zu erahnen:
SANTA CATARINA mit Originalanstrich der HAMBURG-SÜD als Stürmerin der 3er-Kette, heute Hamburg anlaufend.
#Hamburg #Elbe #Schiffsverkehr #containership #HamburgSUED -
Leider zu spät und daher nur zu erahnen:
SANTA CATARINA mit Originalanstrich der HAMBURG-SÜD als Stürmerin der 3er-Kette, heute Hamburg anlaufend.
#Hamburg #Elbe #Schiffsverkehr #containership #HamburgSUED -
Leider zu spät und daher nur zu erahnen:
SANTA CATARINA mit Originalanstrich der HAMBURG-SÜD als Stürmerin der 3er-Kette, heute Hamburg anlaufend.
#Hamburg #Elbe #Schiffsverkehr #containership #HamburgSUED -
Evergreen container ship sailing into Felixstowe, Suffolk. (22/06/2025)
Note: I have some conditions for my photography, read here: https://www.facebook.com/RochelleK1994/posts/pfbid034Bv2emjgf6iNoUZnATQajyzbyuGmvickuQ5rTKbCzHiiwkyQxsTKCQBTDpEP2TCnl
#photography #photographer #britishphotographer #suffolkphotographer #creativephotographer #photographyislife #photographyisart #photographylover #canon_photography #canonphotography #photooftheday #picoftheday #photooftheweek #containership #cargoship #cargo #ship #evergreen #sea #northsea #felixstowe #suffolk #eastanglia #eastofengland
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A ship from the past, oil on panel, 2018.
This was the culmination of years of reading about ecology, collapse, and low tech, + my experience sailing on historical ships 100 years old.
#oilpainting #MastoArt #lowtech #sailing #sailcargo #containership #shippingindustry #postcollapse #solarpunk #ecopunk #ecology #windpropulsion
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The #Dali was refloated today, and then moved into the #Baltimore port by 5 tugboats. Amazing to watch. From #WBAL
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/dali-ship-set-to-be-refloated-monday-morning/60839115
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A fully-electric 10,000 ton #containership has begun service equipped with over 50,000 kWh in batteries
#China #Ocean #Shipping (Group) Company, or #COSCO has launched the #GreenWater01 with a length of 119.8 meters, width of 23.6 meters, depth of 9 meters, a design draft of 5.5 meters, and a maximum speed of 19.4 km/h (12 mph). The vessel has commenced weekly service between #Shanghai and #Nanjing.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/02/fully-electric-10000-ton-container-ship-begun-service50000-kwh-batteries/ -
#China Launches World's Largest Electric #ContainerShip, Slashing 8,600 Pounds of Emissions per 100 Nautical Miles
China's state-owned #Cosco launches the #Greenwater01, the world's largest fully electric container ship.
According to Cosco, the vessel can reduce #CO2 #emissions by 2,918 tons per year, which is equivalent to taking 2,035 cars off the road or planting 160,000 trees.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/304092/20240429/china-launches-worlds-largest-electric-container-ship.htm -
50MWh battery, 1100km range, two 900kW engines, space for 700 containers 💪
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#COSCO Shipping's #electric #containership hits the water - Offshore Energy #TDBNews https://www.offshore-energy.biz/cosco-shippings-electric-containership-hits-the-water/ -
WATCH: 2022-built Maersk Campton arriving at Felixstowe, 6.30am, Monday 19 June 2023.
Its a breezy morning, with an 18-20 knot WSW to SW wind, and Maersk Campton employs 3 tugs to enter Harwich Harbour.
Her last call was at Jebel Ali in the UAE.
Part 2 will follow soon!
#containership #MaerskCampton #Felixstowe #ship #tugs
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WATCH: 2022-built Maersk Campton arriving at Felixstowe, 6.30am, Monday 19 June 2023.
Its a breezy morning, with an 18-20 knot WSW to SW wind, and Maersk Campton employs 3 tugs to enter Harwich Harbour.
Her last call was at Jebel Ali in the UAE.
Part 2 will follow soon!
#containership #MaerskCampton #Felixstowe #ship #tugs
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WATCH: 2022-built Maersk Campton arriving at Felixstowe, 6.30am, Monday 19 June 2023.
Its a breezy morning, with an 18-20 knot WSW to SW wind, and Maersk Campton employs 3 tugs to enter Harwich Harbour.
Her last call was at Jebel Ali in the UAE.
Part 2 will follow soon!
#containership #MaerskCampton #Felixstowe #ship #tugs
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Hitachi Vantara acquires what’s left of Containership - Hitachi Vantara, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi that focuses on building hardware and softw... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/EGPgZA4vM_c/ #cloud-nativecomputing #cloudinfrastructure #birchmereventures #innovationworks #cloudcomputing #containership #battlefield #enterprise #kubernetes #pittsburgh #computing #hitachi #draper #tc
