6,500 TEU CMA CGM RABELAIS adrift, AIS off, after explosion, fire

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6,500 TEU CMA CGM RABELAIS adrift, AIS off, after explosion, fire

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6,500 TEU CMA CGM RABELAIS adrift, AIS off, after explosion, fire

Container ship CMA CGM RABELAIS while en route from Tanjung Pelepas to Nhava Sheva India, suffered explosion, followed by fire, in western Malacca Strait between Andaman islands and Banda Aceh Sumatra at around 1230 UTC Apr 6. The went NUC, adrift, AIS off since the time of explosion.
Container ship CMA CGM RABELAIS, IMO 9406635, dwt 83317, capacity 6540 TEU, built 2010, flag Malta.

Breaking News! A container ship loaded with Chinese goods exploded and caught fire! Port Klang fire: 22 containers burned and 38 damaged.

On April 6, a container ship exploded and caught fire! Full load of Chinese goods has been attached to Qingdao / Shanghai / Ningbo / Nansha port.
On April 4, the fire in Basang port: 22 containers were burned and 38 were damaged.
Pay attention to cargo damage and shipping delay!

A container ship loaded with Chinese goods exploded and caught fire!

At around 1230 UTC time on April 6, a 6570teu container ship named “CMA CGM Rabelais” exploded in the west of the Strait of Malacca between the Andaman Islands and Banda Aceh, Sumatra, followed by a fire.

At the time of the incident, the container ship “CMA CGM Rabelais” was sailing from Tanjung pelepas to Nhava Sheva, India. According to foreign media reports, the ship’s AIS has been closed and has been drifting since the explosion. The specific cause of the accident is not known.

“CMA CGM Rabelais” was deployed on the AS1 (Asia subcontaint express 1) route of Shanghai / India and Pakistan of APL. At the time of the incident, it was carrying out the “0ff5hw1ma” voyage, involving multiple shipping companies including anl, APL, CMA CGM, CNC, COSCO Shipping, gold star line, OOCL and Zim.

Container ship “CMA CGM Rabelais”: IMO 9406635, deadweight ton 83317, transport capacity 6570teu, built in 2010, flying the flag of Malta.
Starting from Asia, the ship docked at Qingdao port on March 20-22, Shanghai port on March 26, Ningbo port on March 27-28 and Nansha port on March 31, and then arrived at Singapore port and sailed to Nhava Sheva.

Freight forwarders and cargo owners, please pay attention to the notice of the shipping company in time to understand the damage of container goods and the shipping date.

Data chart of “CMA CGM Rabelais” Ship

Ship Information:
CMA CGM RABELAIS (IMO: 9406635) is a Container Ship registered and sailing under the flag of Malta. Her gross tonnage is 72884 and deadweight is 83317. CMA CGM RABELAIS was built in 2010. CMA CGM RABELAIS length overall (LOA) is 299.93 m, beam is 40.06 m. Her container capacity is 6570 TEU. The ship is operated by DANAOS SHIPPING CO LTD.

Port Klang fire: 22 containers burned and 38 damaged

Breaking! A fire broke out in Bassin West Port. It took firefighters 11 hours to control the fire, which burned dozens of containers and goods.

Su bamalian, general manager of basheng port authority, said on the 5th that the fire broke out at 4:15 p.m. on the 4th. The Fire Department tried to rescue and took full control of the fire at about 3 a.m. on the 5th. The accident did not cause casualties, and the authorities are currently investigating the cause of the fire.

According to the announcement issued by the basheng port authority on the 5th, the fire occurred at block 07j Bay 0506, 0506 Bay, basheng West Port at 4:15 p.m. on the 4th, burning 22 containers in total; In addition, 38 containers were damaged. These containers are used to store “ordinary goods”, namely dry general purpose, and do not involve any dangerous goods. “Except that the fire area was blocked for investigation, the unloading machinery in the port was not affected. Now all loading and unloading transportation work is carried out as usual.”

Snow state fire bureau director Noah Zhan said earlier that the initial fire was eight containers, which were divided into two rows, overlapping and juxtaposing up and down. The West port authorities tried to move the remaining containers away to avoid being affected.

Preliminary investigation showed that the goods in the container on fire included auto parts, audio equipment, cotton fabrics, baby walker, lubricating oil, lines and roof support system.