Yang Ming extends charters and is set to order new box ships
Yang Ming’s chairman Tsai Feng-ming says the Taiwanese carrier is feeling the heat from compatriot ...
YM Mobility. Photo: VesselFinder
Late last week saw the release of a much-anticipated report on the explosion and fire on the 6,589 teu Yang Ming vessel YM Mobility at Ningbo port last August.
Engulfing nearby containers and warping the vessel’s structure, the fire was one of a salvo of ship fires that had also included a deadly engine room blaze on M/V Stride and, two months earlier, a week-long blaze on Maersk Frankfurt.
But the story of YM Mobility was ...
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Joe Farrelly
April 22, 2025 at 2:28 pmThe container should have been pre cooled, prior to loading, gen set from warehouse to port and obviously plugged in at port and onboard.
How they can state procedure were followed, is quite unbelievable.
Kind Regards, Joe.