An electrical fire at the weekend on the maiden voyage of Maersk Frankfurt, in the Arabian Sea some 190km off Goa, has claimed the life of a Filipino crewmember.
The 5,500 teu vessel was said to be ‘stable’ this morning, with four Indian coastguard vessels – Sachet, Sujeet, Samrat and Varaha – fighting the fire.
On charter to Maersk, the vessel was delivered from Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding to its Japanese owner, Tokei Kaiun, in May and …
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