Container Ship Fire

• Cargo ship that lost containers, caught fire in B.C. waters finally moving to port

  The unified command managing response to the MV Zim Kingston incident said the vessel is proceeding to an anchorage in Nanaimo, B.C., on Friday.

  News

  Dec 3, 2021
  
• B.C. businesses feeling supply crunch from container ship mishap

  While 109 containers were lost from the MV Zim Kingston, the vessel's entire manifest of some 2,000 containers remains aboard with no clear timeline for release.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2021
  
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• Crews gain upper hand on B.C. cargo ship fire as storm system approaches

  A no-fly order has been imposed over a container ship off the coast of Victoria, and a two-nautical-mile emergency zone was in place in the waters around the MV Zim Kingston.

  Fire

  Oct 24, 2021
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• Sri Lanka races to avoid environmental disaster after chemical container ship sinks

  Such a disaster could devastate marine life and further pollute the island nation's famed beaches, where debris including several tons of plastic pellets have washed ashore.

  World

  Jun 3, 2021
• Sri Lanka, European crews battle fire on chemical container ship burning for 7 days

  The fire on board the MV X-Press Pearl has spread to the quarterdeck where the ship's bridge is located, and a large number of containers have tumbled into the sea.

  World

  May 27, 2021
• Container ship that burst into flames on way to Halifax now in the Bahamas

  The Yantian Express has arrived at the anchorage in Freeport, the main city on Grand Bahama Island, according to Hapag Lloyd spokesman Tim Seifert.

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2019
• Burning container ship likely headed for Bahamas instead of Halifax: shipping expert

  No one was hurt after the fire broke out as the ship sailed about 1,900 kilometres southeast of Halifax, but the vessel's 22 crew members were evacuated from the ship as the fire grew and the weather turned ugly.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2019
• U.S. sailor witnesses fire on container ship Yantian Express off Halifax coast

  The Yantian Express, a 320-metre ship, caught fire about 1,900 kilometres southeast of Halifax.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2019
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• Filipino crew from burning container ship taken to Halifax

  A statement from the Embassy of the Philippines in Ottawa says 17 Filipino crew members have been evacuated from a Halifax-bound container ship that has been burning off Canada's East Coast since Jan. 3.

  Canada

  Jan 15, 2019
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• U.S. Coast Guard says more fire-fighting tugs are en route to container ship burning off Nova Scotia

  A spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard says two more fire-fighting tugs, the Atlantic Enterprise out of New York and the Union Sovereign out of Rotterdam, N.Y., are en route to the Yantian Express.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2019