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An electrical fire at the weekend on the maiden voyage of Maersk Frankfurt, in the Arabian Sea some 190km off Goa, has claimed the life of a Filipino crewmember.
The 5,500 teu vessel was said to be ‘stable’ this morning, with four Indian coastguard vessels – Sachet, Sujeet, Samrat and Varaha – fighting the fire.
On charter to Maersk, the vessel was delivered from Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding to its Japanese owner, Tokei Kaiun, in May and was on its maiden voyage under the management of Bernhard ...
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