A THAI mariner, one of the 23 crew
members successfully evacuated from the blazing 15,262-TEU Maersk
Honam, has died from his injuries, while four remain missing.
The dead seafarer was one of two
crew members that the Danish shipping giant Maersk Line had said was receiving
medical attention. The company said his condition "drastically
deteriorated".
"We are deeply saddened with
the passing of one of our colleagues who in the first place had been evacuated.
The seriousness of the event has escalated and everyone in Maersk is moved by
this. We are in contact with the family of the deceased and our thoughts and
condolences go to them," said Soren Toft, COO and member of the Executive
Board of AP Moller-Maersk.
Four other seafarers are still
missing from the 2017-built vessel after a fire erupted in one of its cargo
holds 15:20 hrs GMT on Tuesday 900 nautical miles southeast of Salalah, Oman.
An explosion is reported to have followed the fire with flames rising 25 metres
above the main deck of the vessel to the bridge. Unsuccessful in their attempts
to tackle the fire the crew of the Maersk Honam sent a distress call and 23
were evacuated to the nearby vessel ALS Ceres.
"We are doing our outmost in
this tragic situation to care for all evacuated colleagues and continue the
intense search and rescue operations ongoing for the four crew members
currently reported missing," Mr Toft said.
The 22 surviving crew are enroute to
Sri Lanka onboard the ALS Ceres, Maritime Seatrade News of Colchester, UK,
reported.
Fire continues onboard the vessel
and Maersk described the situation as "very critical". Five vessels
are involved in the search and rescue operations with the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller
coordinating.
Maersk said the cause of the fire
was unknown.
The Singapore-flagged Maersk Honam
was on enroute from Singapore to Suez with 7,860 containers, equalling 12,416 TEU,
onboard at the time of the fire.
Source : HKSG / Photo : gCaptain.
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