News / Two crew killed in engine room blaze as Cosco box ship bunkers at Houston

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An engine room fire on the Danaos-owned M/V Stride claimed the lives of two seafarers and left a third in critical condition during a ship-to-ship bunkering operation at the US port of Houston yesterday.

The 2,174 teu vessel, a 27-year-old Panama-flagged containership formerly known as Hyundai Stride, was bunkering at Houston’s Barbours Cut terminal, with a bunker barge moored alongside. The fire broke out in the engine room just before 4am local time.

Two crewmen perished, while a third was taken to ...