- The NCB probe was launched after a fire in March 2018 crippled the Maersk Honam, a giant container ship operated by A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S.
- The fire killed five of its 27 crew in the Arabian Sea, the front third of the ship was torched in a fire that burned for weeks.
- The failure rate for containers that were declared moving nondangerous cargo to the U.S. was 51%.
- Boxes from Latin America and India had the lowest scores, with 82% and 87% of them, respectively, deemed potential fire hazards.
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