After a fire broke out in one container on the deck of the Yantian Express, earlier in January, photos have now emerged depicting the damage that the fire caused to the Yantian Express’ cargo.
Fire broke out in one of the containers on board the container ship Yantian Express and spread to additional containers.
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Immediately, efforts were launched to put out the fire. However, they had to be stopped because of a deterioration of weather conditions.
Despite this fact, the crew of 8 officers and 15 seafarers were unharmed.
After the fire, Hapag Lloyd informed that a decision was made to evacuate the crew. The decision was made because the fire had not been successfully contained at the time.
Now, the situation is under control and the ship is being towed to Halifax.
The 7,510 TEU “Yantian Express”, which is 320 meters long and sails under German flag in the East Coast Loop 5 (EC5) service, was built in 2002 and was on its way from Colombo to Halifax via the Suez Canal.
