Cargo Ship Fire During Maintenance Repairs

Fire erupts in a cargo ship during maintenance repairs at Taipei, writes Mikhail Voytenko for Maritime Bulletin.

What happened?

Fire erupted on board of cargo ship YINGARA, berthed at Taipei Taiwan, in the afternoon Aug 26.

Cause for the accident

The ship was undergoing maintenance repairs, and some chemical on cargo deck was incidentally ignited.

Fire was extinguished by shore fire engines in some 1.5 hours.  No injures reported, 8 crew left the ship when fire started.

Details of the vessel

Cargo...

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WOC CEO to Keynote First Global Offshore Wind Summit

Paul Holthus, CEO, World Ocean Council

World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) Launches Flagship Offshore Wind Industry Event with WOC Input on Ocean Industry Leadership, Collaboration and Action

31 January 2019

The World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) has invited World Ocean Council (WOC) CEO, Paul Holthus, as opening plenary speaker at the 1st Global Offshore Wind Summit (Taipei, 5-6, March, 2019).

CEO Holthus will focus on the importance of collaboration between the growing offshore wind sector and other...

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