Flaminia finds a home

Thursday, August 23, 2012

A containership ravaged by fire in the Atlantic Ocean in July has finally found a home. The 6,732-TEU MSC Flaminia , hit by an explosion while en route from Charleston to Bremerhaven, is being towed toward British territorial waters before eventually heading to Wilhelmshaven in northern Germany. The vessel, operated by Mediterrean Shipping Co., will undergo a safety inspection by dangerous goods specialists, chemists and salvage experts, the German ship owner Reederei ...

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