More than 23 crew members have been evacuated, but four seafarers are unaccounted for, after a fire in the hold of the 15,262 teu Maersk Honam could not be contained.
Maersk Line said this morning the ship was “still on fire” and the situation was “critical”.
The vessel (pictured above on its maiden voyage) was on a loop of Maersk Line and MSC’s 2M Asia-West Mediterranean service carrying 7,860 containers.
According to Maersk, the fire on the …

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