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Fire breaks out aboard Hapag-Lloyd containership

Written by Nick Blenkey
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JANUARY 4, 2018 — Hapag-Lloyd reports that a fire broke out yesterday in one container on the deck of the Yantian Express and spread to additional containers.

The company says that the containership’s crew of 8 officers and 15 seafarers is unharmed.

Efforts to extinguish the fire in the containers were launched immediately but had to be suspended for the time being due to a significant deterioration of weather conditions.

The 7,510 TEU vessel, which is 320 meters long and sails under German flag in the East Coast Loop 5 (EC5) service, was built in 2002 and was on its way from Colombo to Halifax via the Suez Canal.

This morning, the ship was approximately 650 nautical miles off the coast of Canada and Hapag-Lloyd said it was still too early to make a precise estimate of any damage to the vessel or its c

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