Fire-Stricken Maersk Honam to Be Rebuilt in South Korea
Maersk Line has actually verified strategies to restore the Maersk Honam in South Korea.
In an emailed declaration on Monday, Maersk exposed that a section of the vessel will certainly be moved by heavy-lift vessel to Hyundai Heavy Industries where it will certainly be reconstructed. The transportation of the vessel will certainly occur in February 2019.
The vessel has actually currently been reduced right into 2 components at the Drydock World Dubai (UAE).
According to Maersk, the 228.5-meter-long noise area, from midship to demanding, will certainly be moved aboard the heavy-lift vessel Xin Guan Hua toSouth Korea It is anticipated to provide the area at Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard in March 2019, the exact same lawn the vessel was constructed in, where it will certainly be reconstructed with a brand-new ahead area.
The previous ahead area, that includes the accomodation block, will certainly be securely tied at Drydock World Dubai for proceeded elimination of harmed containers as well as particles. Once cleaned up, it will certainly be reused, Maersk claimed.
The business included appropriate reusing alternatives are presently being explored as well as examined.
The 353-meter Maersk Honam, an ultra-large container ship (ULCS), experienced a significant fire on March 6 in the Arabian Sea en course to the Mediterranean Sea, asserting the lives of 5 staff participants.
According to Maersk, the ship was bring an overall of 7,860 containers, representing 12,416 twenty-foot comparable systems, when it ignited. All freight in the ship’s ahead holds were proclaimed a failure, however containers aft of the ship’s superstructure went greatly intact.
Maersk Honam was relocated along with for detailed assessments as well as release procedures in the Jebel Ali Port (UAE) in June 2018. “Maersk worked closely with the local authorities, insurance companies, the salvage company and other stakeholders to prepare a safe and environmentally friendly plan for clearing the vessel of all damaged containers, debris and firefighting water,” Maersk claimed in its upgrade Monday.
The Singapore- flagged Maersk Honam was supplied in 2017 byHyundai Heavy Industries It has a small ability of 15,262 TEU (twenty-foot comparable device).
The rebuilt vessel is anticipated to return to solution once again in the 2nd fifty percent of 2019.
The heavy-lift vessel Xin Guan Hua has a total size of 255 meters as well as can fill up to 25 tons/m ² on the major deck.