A week after the outbreak of a fire on the German freighter “Yantian Express” in the Atlantic ocean, the fire is brought under control. Meanwhile, the first members of the crew went back on Board.
After a week, we managed to bring the fire on the container ship “Yantian Express” on the high seas under control. A crew of five men had been safely on the ship, the shipping line Hapag-Lloyd brought back, the company said mitt.
The “Yantian Express” will now be taken with a slower travel in tow and was located about 800 nautical miles off the canadian coast. A third ocean-going tug was on the way and will support the Work expected to be Sunday.
Crew had to abandon ship
The fire had broken out on Thursday of last week in a Container on the Deck and had spread to other containers over. The first initiated fire had to be stopped due to bad weather. The eight officers and 15 sailors of the crew were brought after two days of Board and switched to a salvage tug.
harm not foreseeable
at times the ship drifted without a leader on the Atlantic ocean. An assessment of the damage to ship and cargo is not currently possible, – stated in the message. Hapag-Lloyd is working closely with all relevant authorities.
The “Yantian Express” is a 320-Meter-long cargo ship under the German flag, the can download 7510 standard containers (TEU). The 17-year-old ship was on the way from Colombo (Sri Lanka) via the Suez canal to Halifax on the canadian East coast.
