MSC Flaminia saga drags on

Equipment

Monday, August 13, 2012

The owners of a Mediterranean Shipping Co.-operated vessel rocked by an explosion while on course in the Atlantic a month ago have yet to find a safe haven port in Europe. The German ship owner, Reederei NSB, also said efforts to fully extinguish the blaze aboard the vessel has again been hampered by inclement weather. “As weather conditions remained stable, firefighting experts onboard of MSC Flaminia continued to extinguish individual containers until yesterday even...

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