UK-Flagged Bulk Carrier Adrift in Atlantic Ocean After Fire – gCaptain

The fire is believed to have started due to a chemical reaction in the fertilizer that caused it to overheat.

The vessel is currently adrift in the Atlantic Ocean a few hundred miles south of Grand Canary Island.

Salvamento Marítimo said the ship owner has hired Resolve Salvage to retrieve the vessel. The SAR tug Punta Salinas is reportedly on scene with the Cheshire.

The 56,597 dwt MV Chesire is owned by Bibby Line. It is a geared Supramax bulk carrier with five cargo holds and four loading/unloading cranes. The vessel has been under Bibby Line ownership since March 2012 when she was delivered to the company direct from the Jiangsu Jinling Shipyard in China.

The fire was first reported on Sunday and later was denied entry to the port of Las Palmas.

(avec correction des noms des navires - les « s » se promènent…)

Trajectoire du Punta Salinas

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Le MV Cheshire dérive doucement vers l’ouest. Il a été rejoint par un autre remorqueur, le Red Sea Fos. Pour l’instant, « on réfléchit » à la façon d’agir sachant qu’il y a combustion (sans flammes) et 40 tonnes de nitrate d’ammonium…

El ‘Cheshire’ sigue a la deriva ya en aguas internacionales
▻https://www.canarias7.es/sucesos/el-cheshire-sigue-a-la-deriva-ya-en-aguas-internacionales-AI1903332

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El buque Cheshire, cuya carga de nitrato de amonio sigue en combustión en dos de sus bodegas, navega desde ayer por aguas internacionales a más de 100 millas al sur de Gran Canaria, según confirmaron fuentes de la empresa consignataria y de Salvamento Marítimo. Desde ayer los expertos contratados por el armador evalúan cómo actuar.

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Cargo Fire Peters Out on British Bulk Carrier MV Cheshire Off Canary Islands – gCaptain
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The fertilizer cargo on board a UK-flagged cargo ship has finally stopped smoldering more than two weeks after its crew was forced to abandon ship due to toxic smoke, the owner of the vessel said Sunday.
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At the time of update, Bibby Line said it had received permission to bring the vessel closer to shore but no closer than 12 nautical miles.

It is now being reported that all 5 cargo Holds have cooled down and at present, there are no fumes emanating from the vessel.

The fire is believed to have started due to a chemical reaction in the fertilizer that caused it to overheat.

Incredible Incident Photo Shows British Bulk Carrier During Fertilizer Fire – gCaptain
▻http://gcaptain.com/incredible-incident-photo-shows-british-bulk-carrier-fertilizer-fire

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A new photo released by Spanish Maritime Search and Rescue Society shows just what can happen when 50,000 tons of fertilizer overheats during transit. 

The photo shows the 56,000 dwt British bulk carrier MV Cheshire, which suffered a cargo fire in August off the coast of the Canary Islands during a passage from Norway to Thailand with a cargo of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. 

The cargo in all five of the ship’s cargo holds burned for two straight weeks until there was no more fertilizer to burn.