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Ship’s Containers and Cars Catch Fire, Royal Navy Saves 27 Lives!

According to a BBC report, the crew of a Royal Navy frigate has rescued 27 people from a burning container ship.

What happened?

On February 10, the frigate HMS Argyll was returning home to Plymouth, Devon when she was called to assist Grande America 150 miles off the French coast. The Argyll is on the final leg of a nine-month trip to the Asia-Pacific region.

Two hundred sailors and Royal Marines are onboard and due home to Devonport in Plymouth on Friday.

The ship’s cargo of containers and cars...

http://mfame.guru/ships-containers-and-cars-catch-fire-royal-navy-saves-27-lives/

MOL-operated car carrier calls at Cambodian Port

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) announced that on January 23, the MOL-operated car carrier Grand Orion (capacity: 6,400 standard passenger cars) called at the Port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, and discharged about 12,000 tons of construction machinery. It was the first call at a Cambodian port by an MOL-operated car carrier.

In commemoration of the first call, Grand Orion Capt. Denis C. De la Peña received a memento from Sihanoukville Autonomous Port while...

http://container-news.com/mol-operated-car-carrier-cambodian-port/

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