In the evening Nov 10 explosion and ensuing fire reportedly occurred in the containers stacked at Yantian Container Terminal, Shenzhen, Guandong, China. Fire said to be major, one or more containers’ bottom was burned through, probably container was loaded with lithium batteries. Container or containers which suffered explosion were to be shipped soon – luckily, they exploded while at Terminal, not on board of container ship.
Photos of the fire:
Photos of the fire:
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My name is Mikhail Voytenko, I’m Russian, professional merchant marine navigator, by education and former experience. I own and run Maritime Bulletin website for more than 10 years. I've been involved in solving a number of piracy hijack cases, including the hijack of ro-ro FAINA, loaded with tanks. It was me who made public, and unravel, freighter ARCTIC SEA mystery. I've been also closely involved in a number of maritime disaster, one of them being MSC FLAMINIA major fire.
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