On Friday evening 20 July, firefighting tugboat Fairmount Expedition begun to tow the fire struck MSC Flaminia toward Europe. Simultaneously, firefighting tugboat Anglian Sovereign continues to cool the fire. The tugboat Carlo Magno accompanies the group on standby.
MSC Flaminia’s own firefighting system is especially cooling the area in front of the superstructure. Due to the extinguishing water and damaged cargo, MSC FLAMINIA is listing by 10 degrees.
This news post follows three earlier news posts.
Read them here:
– news post 1: https://www.swzonline.nl/nieuws/artikel/1159_Smit_Salvage_En_Route_to_Salvage_Fire_Struck_MSC_Flaminia[Smit Salvage en route to salvage fire struck MSC Flaminia]
– news post 2: https://www.swzonline.nl/nieuws/artikel/1165_Update_Second_Explosion_Onboard_MSC_Flaminia[Second explosion onboard MSC Flaminia]
– news post 3: https://www.swzonline.nl/nieuws/artikel/1167_Firefighting_MSC_Flaminia_Continues[Firefighting MSC Flaminia continues].
Picture: Firefighting operations continue (source: https://www.reederei-nsb.de/site_en/index.php?node_id=2339[Reederei NSB])
