Fireworks explosion could impact on bike availability
May 1st, 2006 by MikeVia: BikeBiz.com
Cargonews Asia reports that a massive fire on board a container ship en route from Singapore to Rotterdam was likely caused by an explosion of fireworks in a container. The MV Hyundai Fortune was carrying Chinese-made goods, everything from MP3 players to bicycles. It was towed to Salalah, Oman. 1000+ of the ship’s 5000 containers were damaged and 2500 were lost overboard in what experts say could be the “biggest marine insurance claim ever.”
“The fire on board the Hyundai Fortune appears to have started in a container stowed close to the ship’s engine room, a site with obvious heat emission. Only close examination of the packaging of that container will prove whether it contained any dangerous or hazardous cargo,” said Cargonews Asia.
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