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applegrove

(118,503 posts) Sun Jan 6, 2019, 09:22 PM Jan 2019

Crew being moved off container ship on fire headed for Halifax

Crew being moved off container ship on fire headed for Halifax

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/yantian-express-container-ship-fire-1.4967718

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The 23-person crew of a large Nova Scotia-bound container ship bound for Halifax has been moved off the vessel due to a fire that has been burning since Thursday.

The international shipping company Hapag-Lloyd, which owns the Yantian Express, currently about 1,500 kilometres southeast of Halifax, said the fire started inside a container on the forward deck and then spread to several other containers.

"The fire has not been successfully contained yet and has significantly increased in intensity at times," the company said in a statement. It also said it's still unclear how much damage the fire has caused.

On Sunday, 12 members of the Yantian Express crew disembarked onto the Smit Nicobar, an offshore supply tug from Belgium, said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Canup.

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Crew being moved off container ship on fire headed for Halifax (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2019 OP

Hazardous cargo. Turbineguy Jan 2019 #1

+1 Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #2

Did not think of that. applegrove Jan 2019 #3

I thought about that, too 2naSalit Jan 2019 #4

Turbineguy

(37,296 posts)

1. Hazardous cargo.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 10:17 PM

Jan 2019

In a lot of cases the cargo is not hazardous in and of itself, but cannot be located near other cargoes. Shippers sometimes mislabel cargoes to get a lower shipping rate. There could be a variety of reason for the fire but non-compatible cargoes can create an explosion or spontaneous combustion.