Chinese ship dislocates bridge by 1.6 metres

A ship, loaded with 1,000 tonnes of cargo, crashed into a bridge in southern China today, shifting the 25-year-old structure by 1.6 metres, officials said.
The incident happened in Guangdong Province on the South China Sea coast.
"The Lianxi Bridge, built in 1992, was hit by the ship loaded with about 1,000 tonnes of goods at around 9:50 a.M. In Zhuhai city," Wang Shiyun, deputy head of the city's maritime administration, said.
The vessel, which is 98.8 metres long and 15.6 metres wide, was registered in Wuhu, eastern China's Anhui Province.
No casualty was reported and traffic control measures were imposed on the waters around the site, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.