Two crew killed in engine room blaze as Cosco box ship bunkers at Houston
An engine room fire on the Danaos-owned M/V Stride claimed the lives of two seafarers ...
Photo: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
The fire-ravaged car-carrier Fremantle Highway is on its way to Eemshaven, a Dutch energy, windfarm and transhipment port, 64km from its recent mooring.
The approach of inclement weather forced Rijkswaterstaat, the directorate-general of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, to approve the tow to Eemshaven, chosen because it was one of the nearest ports.
Once smoke was no longer rising from the ship after the blaze was finally extinguished, salvors boarded the vessel, found ...
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Glenn Mathias
August 03, 2023 at 5:47 pmThe iron rule of safety/rescue at sea: when safety is privatised, it will always be trumped by profit
Preventing fires from EVs on vessels is not rocket science. The law should require batteries to be removed from EVs for marine transport. The batteries should be supplied by the EV dealer.