06FEB2019 - NEWS - Singapore flagged containership APL Vancouver suffers fire on 31 January while it was sailing from Shekou to Singapore

The Singapore flagged containership APL Vancouver has recently suffered fire in the early morning hours of January 31, while it was sailing from Shekou to Singapore. The source of the fire aboard the 115,060 dwt vessel is currently unknown, and no dangerous cargo has been loaded in the cargo hold as per the stowage information. APL Vancouver still had signs of fire aboard on February 3 and firefighting action continued. The vessel was being attended by the Vietnamese Maritime Rescue Coordinating Center, fire fighters, firefighting tugs and a salvage master. APL Vancouver remains at anchorage off the Vietnamese coast.

Published by Editor - www.Livebunkers.com at 06-Feb-2019 05:30:40 [UTC] , contact editor at editor@livebunkers.com