Fire-stricken freighter heads to Eemshaven
Eemshaven has come up as the most suitable port where the fire-stricken Fremantle Highway can be towed to. The vessel has been sitting at its…
Burning Fremantle Highway towed to a new location
The fire-stricken car carrier Fremantle Highway has arrived at a new location, according to the new information from the authorities. Rijskwaterstaat, Dutch directorate general for…
Incident
Fremantle Highway still on fire in the North Sea, shipping lane unaffected
Updated on July 27 11:25 with new comments from the Coast guard The fire onboard the car carrier Fremantle Highway has not yet been extinguished…
Incident
One dead, several injured in fire onboard Fremantle Highway car carrier
One crew member died and several other were injured as fire broke out on Fremantle Highway PCTC sailing in the North Sea, some 27 kilometres…
Shipping ever safer but fires are cause for concern
The number of shipping disasters involving the complete loss of a ship fell to its lowest level ever last year. On the other hand, the…
Ro/ro
Firemen injured following explosion on car carrier Höegh Xiamen
Fire fighting operations on board of the ro/ro carrier Höegh Xiamen are still ongoing following a fire outbreak in the port of Jacksonville, USA on…
Yet another Grimaldi ship caught fire
Another Grimaldi-operated ro/ro vessel has caught fire. On November 21, a fire broke out in the engine room of the 1997-built Eurocargo Trieste just after…
Fire
Grimaldi pleads for stringent rules after another vessel catches fire
Italian Grimaldi Group calls for more stringent control and regulations on car batteries after another ro/ro vessel of the shipping company caught fire at sea.…
Grimaldi ship sinks off French coast, crew rescued by British Royal Navy
Grimaldi’s container/ro-ro vessel ‘Grande America’ sank in the Bay of Biscay after having caught fire. The 27 crew of the vessel managed to evacuate the…