{"id":591,"date":"2025-06-08T15:57:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T11:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dharmictimes.mu\/?p=591"},"modified":"2025-06-08T15:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T11:59:47","slug":"burning-cargo-ship-morning-midas-with-3000-vehicles-abandoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dharmictimes.mu\/index.php\/2025\/06\/08\/burning-cargo-ship-morning-midas-with-3000-vehicles-abandoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Cargo ship, Morning Midas, with 3000 vehicles abandoned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June 4 (Reuters) &#8211;  Morning Midas, a cargo ship carrying around 3,000 vehicles, including 800 electric vehicles was abandoned. A fire broke out onboard off the coast of Alaska, its operator Zodiac Maritime Ltd said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 22 crew members were safely evacuated from the ship after they failed to put out the fire. Zodiac said it is focusing on salvaging the vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were evacuated via lifeboat and were being transferred to a nearby merchant vessel in tandem with the U.S. Coast Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happened?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/dharmictimes.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_20250608_154135-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"The burning cargo ship\" class=\"wp-image-593 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dharmictimes.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_20250608_154135-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dharmictimes.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_20250608_154135-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dharmictimes.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_20250608_154135-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dharmictimes.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_20250608_154135.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Morning Midas, with smoke bellowing, seen with the rescue ship<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vessel, Morning Midas, was located 300 miles (482.8 km) southwest of Adak in Alaska, the Coast Guard said on its X account. Liberia-flagged, it left China&#8217;s Yantai port on May 26, on the way to Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, according to LSEG data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smoke was initially seen rising from a deck loaded with EVs, the company said. It is not clear what brand of vehicles the ship was carrying. EV-related fires on ships are challenging to extinguish due to the heat generated and risk of reignition, which could persist for days. The Coast Guard said aircrew and a cutter ship have been sent to assist with the situation and three vessels were already on the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fire risks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/dharmictimes.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_20250608_154236-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-594 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dharmictimes.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_20250608_154236-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dharmictimes.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_20250608_154236-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dharmictimes.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_20250608_154236-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dharmictimes.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_20250608_154236.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smoke rising from the Morning Midas, while a US Coast Guard plane flies above<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022, a ship carrying 4,000 luxury cars, including Porsches and Bentleys, sank off the Portuguese Azores archipelago nearly two weeks after it caught fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fires onboard vessels, particularly on container ships, car carriers and roll-on\/roll-off ships are a big concern for insurers. Steamship Mutual, one of the insurers of Morning Midas, did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. Such incidents across all vessel segments hit the highest level in a decade in 2024, according to insurer Allianz Commercial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The reality is the risk remains significant due to the size of these ships and the complexities involved in firefighting and salvage,&#8221; Allianz said in its 2025 safety and shipping review report<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article was originally posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-coast-guard-responding-cargo-ship-fire-near-alaska-no-injuries-reported-2025-06-04\/\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<p>Views: 4<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The crew of a cargo ship carrying around 3,000 vehicles, including 800 electric vehicles, abandoned it off the coast of Alaska after a fire broke out onboard, its operator Zodiac Maritime Ltd said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[518,519,517],"class_list":["post-591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-3000-vehicles-abandoned","tag-fire-outbreak-at-sea","tag-morning-midas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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