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Fire breaks out in cardboard packed FEU in USAC 13,500-TEUer in Hamburg
FIREFIGHTERS spent three and a half hours putting out fire aboard the UASC-owned 13,500-TEU Alula in the Port of Hamburg.
The fire, in which there were no injuries, started in one of the FEUs packed with cardboard, reported Singapore's Splash 24/7.
No one was injured in the incident and the owner is now assessing the damage to the Maltese-flagged vessel.
A team of 36 firefighters arrived on the scene at 0330 hrs. Thirty containers were discharged so firefighters could attack the blaze.
The burning FEU was moved ashore and emptied with a forklift truck. UASC was unavailable for comment when contacted by Splash.
The ship was arriving at Waltershof harbour in Hamburg when fire broke out, reported America Shipper.
The is on the Asia-North Europe AEX1/AEC1 run by the Ocean3 Alliance of UASC, CMA CGM and China Shipping in from Rotterdam on a rotation of Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen-Yantian, Port Kelang, Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Port Kelang, Shenzhen-Yantian and back to Qingdao.
The fire, in which there were no injuries, started in one of the FEUs packed with cardboard, reported Singapore's Splash 24/7.
No one was injured in the incident and the owner is now assessing the damage to the Maltese-flagged vessel.
A team of 36 firefighters arrived on the scene at 0330 hrs. Thirty containers were discharged so firefighters could attack the blaze.
The burning FEU was moved ashore and emptied with a forklift truck. UASC was unavailable for comment when contacted by Splash.
The ship was arriving at Waltershof harbour in Hamburg when fire broke out, reported America Shipper.
The is on the Asia-North Europe AEX1/AEC1 run by the Ocean3 Alliance of UASC, CMA CGM and China Shipping in from Rotterdam on a rotation of Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen-Yantian, Port Kelang, Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Port Kelang, Shenzhen-Yantian and back to Qingdao.
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