MSC vessel with 1000 containers on board was sent to quarantine

The MSC Branca container ship was quarantined due to a confirmed coronavirus in one of the crew members.

The ship arrived at the port of San Antonio in Chile on Tuesday morning, January 4, Fleetmon reports.

The container ship was supposed to unload 1013 containers and take on board another 600, but quarantine prevented this.

The MSC Branca container ship was built in 2016. The vessel is 300 meters long and 48 meters wide and flies the flag of Portugal.

Earlier it was reported that cruises in Brazil were temporarily canceled due to the coronavirus.