Another box ship crew forced to abandon ship as containers catch fire
Fire hit a Grimaldi ro-ro/container vessel en route from Hamburg to Casablanca on Sunday, causing ...
TT Club’s Peregrine Storrs-Fox has put together a piece on the worrying trend of container ship fires. Writing on Lloyd’s Loading List Mr Storrs-Fox says TT Club is “urgently” calling for greater diligence in the handling of hazardous materials. While “painstaking” forensic investigation is required in identifying the causes, a process that can take years, he says a primary fundamental focus must continue to be on cargo misdeclaration.
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