24DEC2018 - NEWS - Hong Kong flagged tanker Feng Huang AO suffers fire in the engine room off New York City

The disabled Hong Kong flagged tanker Feng Huang AO (aka Amber Bay) sits at anchor off the coast of New York City. The freighter had become disabled after a fire broke out in their engine room causing major damage to machinery. The U.S. Coast Guard is coordinating the response to an engine room fire aboard the Hong Kong-flagged tanker Amber Bay which broke out as the ship was departing the New York Harbor area on Wednesday night. The fire comes just a few months after the same tanker suffered a significant engine room fire off the U.S. Northeast. In Wednesday’s incident, the Coast Guard reports that the 479-foot asphalt carrier with 22 crew aboard had a fire ignite in the engine room shortly before 8:00 p.m. The crew was able to quickly extinguish the fire using their installed fire suppression system.

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