Emergency services are responding to an incident on a vessel berthed at Christchurch’s Lyttelton Port. Photo / Anna Heath
They said no Lyttelton Port Company staff were involved and referred to emergency services for more information.
Fire and Emergency NZ said crews attended the incident.
Two people have been taken to hospital. Photo / Anna Heath
They confirmed there was no fire on board the vessel, but they remained on site assisting Hato Hone St John.
The vessel, a Norfolk-branded cargo ship built in 2009, is more than 200m long and is currently sailing under the flag of Liberia.
It arrived at Lyttelton Port yesterday.
Police said they were advised of an incident at the port at around 11.20am.
“Two people are seriously injured with emergency services actively working at the scene,” Senior Sergeant Hamish Keer-Keer of Canterbury District Command Centre said.
WorkSafe has been notified.