The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a crew member of a Maersk containership who sustained burns in some kind of engine room explosion approximately 275 miles off the coast of Ocean City, North Carolina on Friday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Fifth District command center received a report on Thursday evening that an explosion occurred in the engine room of the cargo ship … [Read more...]
Fire Fighters Injured Battling Blaze on Car Carrier in Jacksonville
Several fire fighters have been injured while responding to a fire on board a vehicle carrier off Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville watchstanders were notified at 3:53 p.m. of a fire on board the MV Höegh Xiamen, a 600-foot vehicle carrier. The watchstanders immediately notified Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and Jacksonville … [Read more...]
Maersk Ship Loses Propulsion After Fire in Caribbean Sea
Photo: Préfet de Guadeloupe A Maersk Line containership suffered an engine room fire that left the ship adrift in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Guadeloupe. The 1,800-TEU Maersk Vilnius was traveling to Port Elizabeth, South Africa from Freeport, Bahamas when the fire broke out. The fire was eventually brought under control and extinguished with no injures … [Read more...]
Car Carrier RCC Passion Suffers Engine Room Fire in English Channel
French authorities were called to an engine room fire on board a vehicle carrier Sunday in the English Channel. The French Navy reports that the fire broke out around 6 p.m. Sunday in the machinery room of the RCC Passion as it was about 40 nautical miles west of the French island of Ushant in the southwestern end of the English Channel. The vessel, with 19 crew members … [Read more...]
Grimaldi Vehicle Carrier Suffers Engine Room Fire Off Italy
Firefighters in Italy responded to an engine room fire on board a Grimaldi roll-on/roll-off ship near Livorno, Italy late Thursday night. The fire reportedly broke out around 10 p.m. in the engine room of the 1997-built Eurocargo Trieste shortly after the vessel departed from Livorno for Savona, Italy. No injuries or pollution has been reported. Video released by … [Read more...]