News / Crew reported safe after fire breaks out on containership Yantian Express

Hapag-Lloyd says none of the eight officers and 15 seafarers aboard were injured when fire broke out on one of its container vessels crossing the Atlantic.

The carrier said the blaze started in a container on the deck of the 7,500 teu Yantian Express. The fire then spread to adjacent boxes.

“Efforts to extinguish the fire in the containers have had to be suspended for the time being, due to a significant deterioration of weather conditions,” the company added.

The 2002-built vessel, 320 metres ...