A massive fire broke out on a large cargo ship loaded with scrap metal at the Amsterdam Scrap Terminal on Thursday afternoon, May 15, and continued burning into Friday.
The ship involved is Trade, a 58,096-deadweight-tonne supramax bulk carrier flying the Marshall Islands flag and built in 2011. It had arrived in Amsterdam from Le Havre, France, on May 9 and was docked at Vlothavenweg in the city’s western port area.
The Dutch fire brigade reported...