The fire on the car carrier Fremantle Highway in the North Sea is just the latest in a long and ever-growing list of fires involving vehicles on roll-on/roll-off car carriers….
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Opinion: What Two Fires In 2020 Should Have Warned Us About in Port of Newark
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. The loss of Newark firefighters Augusto Acabou (45) and Wayne Brooks Jr., (49) on board the Grimaldi Lines container/roll-on roll-off ship MV Grande Costa d’Avorio…
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2 firefighters killed in car carrier blaze at Port Newark
Two firefighters died while fighting a blaze aboard a Grimaldi roll-on/roll-off vessel berthed at Port Newark in New Jersey Wednesday night.
Emergency personnel from the Port of New York and New Jersey as well as the New York and Newark fire departments and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a blaze aboard the Grande Costa d’Avorio that reportedly broke out at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The Grimaldi Group, the Italian company that owns the vessel, said in a statement that the fire erupted on the...
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NTSB Says Failure to Disconnect Vehicle Batteries Caused Fire Aboard Höegh Xiamen
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued eight safety recommendations stemming from its investigation into the June 2020 car carrier fire in Jacksonville, Florida. The NTSB has come out with…
Ocean Yield declares fire-stricken Höegh Xiamen “total constructive loss”
Norwegian shipowner Ocean Yield has declared the car carrier Höegh Xiamen a total constructive loss following a fire that broke out on board the vessel in early June ..
Car carrier totaled, to be removed from JAXPORT
Removal plans are underway for the Höegh Xiamen, a total loss after a more than weeklong fire smoldered on board the car carrier in Jacksonville, Florida.
Ocean Yield ASA, owner of the Höegh Xiamen, said on its website that the vessel “has been declared a constructive total loss” and that it expects to receive insurance proceeds of about $26 million in the third quarter.
The net cash proceeds after repayment of debt related to the vessel will be about $8 million, it said.
Ocean Yield referred a...
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Fire-stricken Höegh Xiamen declared constructive total loss
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Höegh Xiamen Declared a Total Loss After Fire in Jacksonville
The car carrier Höegh Xiamen has been declared a total loss following a fire that broke out onboard last month in Jacksonville, Florida, its owner announced Friday. Norway-based Ocean Yield ASA said it expects to receive insurance proceeds in Q3 2020 of about USD 26 million, which is close to the...
Fire Breaks Out Onboard Cargo Ship, Thousands of Cars Liquefy!
- A major fire broke out on the Höegh Xiamen, an automotive cargo ship.
- The ship housed thousands of used cars loaded at the Port of Jacksonville in Florida.
- The fire started on the 7th deck of the ship but spread throughout its entire structure.
- The following explosion tragically injured eight firefighters.
- Firefighting ships were constantly spraying 25,000 gallons of water each minute.
- JFRD is using drones equipped with thermal cameras to find the hottest spots and directing the intense jets...
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Fire Out on Hoegh Xiamen in Jacksonville
The major fire on board the Hoegh Xiamen has burned out after smoldering for more than a week at a dock Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said Friday. Fire fighters had been battling the fire since it broke out on June 4 in the ship’s cargo area. A...