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Car Carrier Catches Fire at Port of Incheon, South Korea -Incident Video – gCaptain
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A Panama-flagged car carrier caught fire Monday while docked at the Port of Incheon in South Korea.

Officials said the fire broke out at about 9:40 a.m. local time in the cargo area of the vehicle carrier, which was loaded with about 2,000 vehicles bound for Libya at the time.

The ship has been confirmed as the 52,000-ton, 200-meter-long Auto Banner.
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The Port of Incheon is South Korea’s second busiest port and in 2016 it handled more than 20% of the countries used-vehicle exports.

The Hyundai Glovis-operated Auto Banner was built in 1988 and has capacity for about 6,022 AEU (Automobile Equivalent Units).

First sign of South Korea ferry disaster was call from a frightened boy | Reuters
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/22/us-korea-ship-idUSBREA3F01Y20140422

The Sewol ferry sank last Wednesday on a routine trip south from the port of Incheon to the traditional honeymoon island of Jeju.

Of the 476 passengers and crew on board, 339 were children and teachers on a high school outing. Only 174 people have been rescued and the remainder are all presumed to have drowned.
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Several crew members, including the captain, left the ferry as it was sinking, witnesses have said, after passengers were told to stay in their cabins. President Park Geun-hye said on Monday that instruction was tantamount to an “act of murder”.

Many of the children did not question their elders, as is customary in hierarchical Korean society. They paid for their obedience with their lives.