Recently there was a fire onboard the containership Maersk Elba while it was en path to Felixstowe from theSuez Canal This has actually placed a concern on the ship’s trip. Keeping this in mind, the delivery titan Maersk has actually notified MSC concerning the occurrence.

As of December 31, the ship is under towage in Algeciras Spain where the vessel will certainly undertake repair work prior to proceeding its trip to Europe.

The 13,092 TEU ship had actually shed power after the engine space captured on fire while the vessel was en path to the UK from Sri Lanka back on December 26.

The fire was snuffed out by the team itself as well as authorities were notified ultimately, complying with which the ship was pulled to Shared for additional maintenance.

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Towed With Tugs & & Assistance

Portuguese National Maritime Authority (AMN) has actually stated that 2 pulls are pulling the 2011-built boxship while a navy patrol ship NRP is accompanying it to manage the issue till it leaves the territory of the nation.

“As a result of the work carried out to restore the ship’s propulsion and repair other systems affected by the fire, it was concluded that the safety conditions were not met for the ship to sail by its own means,” AMN notified. AMN additionally highlighted that specialists as well as the shipowner himself chose versus relocate unguarded that’s why the ship was moved to Algeciras for fixing

Maersk Informs MSC

Maersk notified this to MSC as the containership MAERSK ELBA is bring MSC’s freight which is implied for the consumers of MSC. Hence, any type of hold-up in the trip will certainly influence MSX. The ship is bring this freight as component of MSC’s Shogun-Pearl solution.

MSC Assisting the Concerned Customers

MSC has stated that they are sorry for the trouble triggered as a result of the occurrence as well as are in touch with the worried consumers

“We will do the utmost to assist MSC customers to ensure the matter is handled as efficiently and smoothly as possible”, stated Maersk.

MSC has actually recommended all to call their agents for inquiries to this issue while they will certainly maintain them upgraded concerning the current details from the ship.

Reference: msc.com