X-Press Feeders vessel loses power after engine room fire

One of X-Press Feeders’ ships remains anchored off Karwar in India, after a fire broke out in its engine room around 1 pm (UK time) on 3 October.

The crew put out the fire on the 2,742 TEU X-Press Kailash, but power to the engine has yet to be restored. At the time, the 2008-built X-Press Kailash, technically managed by X-Press’ subsidiary Eastaway Ship Management, had left India’s Hazira port and was on its way to Colombo, Sri Lanka.

A spokesperson for X-Press told Container News that auxiliary...

https://container-news.com/x-press-feeders-vessel-loses-power-after-engine-room-fire/

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