News / Crew safe after battling engine room blaze aboard box ship NYK Delphinus

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By Gavin van Marle

17/05/2021

A ONE containership on THE Alliance’s AL5 transatlantic service has been forced to take refuge at the US port of Oakland after fire broke out in its engine room over the weekend.

The 4,900 teu NYK Delphinus was en route from Vancouver, around 50 miles offshore from Monterey, when the fire started on Friday.

The US Coast Guard responded to a request for assistance and said that, over the course of the weekend, the vessel’s crew brought the fire under control as ...

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