MSC FLAMINIA STARTS ITS JOURNEY TO GERMANY
The
MSC Flaminia has left its holding position 20 miles south of Lands End and is
now being towed to German territorial waters.
The
departure of the ship follows approval from the UK, France, Belgium and the
Netherlands for the vessel to travel through their waters. The journey to
German territorial waters is expected to take between four and five days.
-Ends
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Notes to Editors
1.
At 0909 hrs UTC on 14
July 2012 MRCC Falmouth was advised that the 75,590 GT German Flag container
ship MSC FLAMINIA had suffered a fire and explosion in position 48 13.0N: 027
46W. The German owned vessel, was on passage from Charleston, USA to Antwerp,
Belgium and was laden with a cargo of 2876 containers (4808 TEU equiv) – 149
being classed as Dangerous Goods (DGs). The MSC FLAMINIA suffered considerable
damage however a team of international independent experts inspected the vessel
on 28 August 2012 and consider that her residual strength is still
sound and sufficient for her to remain intact for onward towage to a place of
refuge.