[010912.EN.SEA] MSC Flaminia Blaze All But Out, Say Experts Ahead Towing To German Anchorage

According to the German ship manager Reederei NSB manager, the vessel was 40 nautical miles off Lands End, and once the go-ahead is given, will be towed through the English Channel into the North Sea to an anchorage off Wilhelmshaven.

THE inspection of the German 6,732-TEU MSC Flaminia reveals that the fire aboard ship has been all but extinguished after it broke out after a mid-Atlantic explosion on July 14 while en route from Charleston to Antwerp.

According to the German ship manager Reederei NSB manager, the vessel was 40 nautical miles off Lands End, and once the go-ahead is given, will be towed through the English Channel into the North Sea to an anchorage off Wilhelmshaven.

The SMIT Salvage team said the fire was largely contained with high temperatures in only four containers within No 7 hold with the last container hot spot now extinguished.

Source : SN-TR, 31.08.12.