Germany’s Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) reports of the fire on-board the 7,200 teu...
Coconut charcoal has been identified as the likely cause of last year’s fire on board the containership Yantian Express.
The move comes on the back of a major fire aboard the Yantian Express in January 2019.
German containership Hapag-Llloyd has announced it will be implementing a steep penalty for mis-declaration of dangerous goods in order to ensure the safety of its crews, ships and other cargo onboard. Hapag-Lloyd said the fine will be implemented from September 16, 2019 in the amount of $15,000...
The fire-damaged Yantian Express finalized cargo operations in Halifax and departed the port on June 2, 2019.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/278164/yantian-express-unloads-all-containers-leaves-halifax/
Hapag-Lloyd’s announcement:
Further to our recent status update we are glad to report significant progress has been achieved and the current status is as follows:
https://container-news.com/yantian-express-update-all-boxes-discharged/
Yantian Express would sail to Asia for repairs, after completing discharge operations in Halifax.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/277493/fire-damaged-yantian-express-to-be-repaired-in-asia/
Hapag-Lloyd confirmed that the MV “Yantian Express” arrived at Port of Halifax on May 20, 2019. The damaged container ship berthed at the terminal during the early morning on May 21 and commenced discharging her cargo.
For a better perspective of the reality of the operational situation:
Fire-stricken containership Yantian Express finally sailed from Freeport on May 15.
Hapag-Lloyd publishes the latest encouraging progress achieved on MV “Yantian Express” Voyage 108E, with its current status being as follows:
https://container-news.com/encouraging-progress-achieved-yantian-express/