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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JAXPORT car carrier fire contained but not out

Fire officials in Jacksonville, Florida, say the blaze aboard the Höegh Xiamen has been contained but not extinguished.

The fire was reported on the seventh deck of the car carrier shortly after loading operations were completed at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal at about 4 p.m. Thursday. An explosion reportedly occurred about three hours after firefighters responded and the fire spread to other decks.

Nine firefighters were injured battling the blaze. Four were transported to a burn unit...

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Jacksonville firefighters injured battling car carrier blaze

Smoke continued to billow from the Höegh Xiamen Friday afternoon, 24 hours after a fire was reported aboard the vehicle carrier at JAXPORT.

Höegh Autoliners said the fire broke out about 4 p.m. Thursday on the seventh deck of the vessel shortly after loading operations at Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, were completed.   

Water being sprayed onto the ship could be seen from across a marsh. (Photo: Kim Link-Wills/FreightWaves)

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) tweeted that...

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