Cape-Sounio

On June 29, 2025, at around 11 a.m. the tug 'Cala Gullo' (IMO: 9791509 sank in the Port of Barcelona after the collision with the 'Cape Sounio'. The three crew members were rescued unharmed by the port pilots with a pilot boat. The accident happened during a turnaround maneuver alongside the container ship, while the tug was supporting it, when leaving the Hutchison Port Best terminal. The 'Cala Gullo' then started to list and went down stern first, with the bow tip sill protruding from the water. The container ship left the port again on July 1, next headed to La Spezia with an ETA as of July 2. The incident prompted the activation of the Maritime Interior Plan (PIM) in the alert phase to assess any oil spill in the water, which was later ruled out. Work was commenced to refloat the tug. Report with photo: https://infopuertos.com/un-remolcador-se-hunde-en-el-puerto-de-barcelona-tras-una-colision-con-un-buque-de-msc/ https://portalportuario.cl/remolcador-termina-hundido-tras-impacto-con-portacontenedores-en-puerto-de-barcelona/

Zim has deployed the 11,000TEU CAPE SOUNIO on its Asia South America East Coast (ASE). The vessel embarked on its maiden voyage on from Pusan, South Korea, on May 4th, on its regular route calling ports in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, connecting to major Asian ports, the company said in its press release. Built in HHI shipyard at the Philippines and delivered on April, 2017, CAPE SOUNIO is the largest vessel to serve in this line and the largest currently employed by ZIM. CAPE SOUNIO is 330 Meters long with a width of 48 meters, and a nominal containers capacity of 11,037 TEUs, and has 1453 Reefer plugs on board. ZIM will hold a reception on board the vessel in Santos, Brazil, on June 28th, to mark the occasion of the largest vessel on this trade.