{"id":18535,"date":"2020-09-30T15:42:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T12:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/x-press-feeder-ship-fire-put-out-indian-coast-guard-says\/18535\/"},"modified":"2020-09-30T15:42:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T12:42:12","slug":"x-press-feeder-ship-fire-put-out-indian-coast-guard-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/x-press-feeder-ship-fire-put-out-indian-coast-guard-says\/18535\/","title":{"rendered":"X-Press feeder ship fire put out, Indian Coast Guard says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>A fire that broke out onboard a Malta-flagged feeder vessel off the Indian coast earlier this week has been successfully extinguished, the Indian Coast Guard said. <\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Image Courtesy: Indian Coast Guard <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The fire reportedly started on 28 September while the 10,700 dwt containership, identified as X-Press Godavari, was anchored off Sandheads Haldia.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the incident, the ship had 506 containers and 15 crew members onboard. No injuries have been reported so far.<\/p>\n<p>Indian Coast Guard assets including ships Sujay, Varad, Amogh and Amritkaur as well as Dornier aircraft were immediately deployed to assist in firefighting operations. A salvage team was also sent to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>On 29 September, the coast guard confirmed it put out the fire completely. It added that ICG ships escorted the ill-fated ship to Kolkata.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oembed-component\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sustained <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FireFighting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FireFighting<\/a> efforts by 04 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndiaCoastGuard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IndiaCoastGuard<\/a> ships &amp; 01 Dornier Aircraft ensured fire completely doused on X-Press Godavari. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ICG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ICG<\/a> Ships escorted Fire doused ship X-Press Godavari to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kolkata?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kolkata<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceMinIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DefenceMinIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shipmin_india?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@shipmin_india<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEAIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MEAIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JYyNNjGYim\">pic.twitter.com\/JYyNNjGYim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndiaCoastGuard\/status\/1310790741040328705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> The\u00a0extent\u00a0of the\u00a0damage\u00a0is\u00a0still unknown.<\/p>\n<p>The 2008-built X-Press Godavari is commercially controlled by Singapore-based X-Press Feeders, VesselsValue&#8217;s data shows.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2011, the feeder ship was involved in another incident when it collided with a dredger off the Isle of Man. As a result, the dredger was badly damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.offshore-energy.biz\/x-press-feeder-ship-fire-put-out-indian-coast-guard-says\/\">X-Press feeder ship fire put out, Indian Coast Guard says<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.offshore-energy.biz\">Offshore Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>world maritime news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire that broke out onboard a Malta-flagged feeder vessel off the Indian coast earlier this week has been successfully extinguished, the Indian Coast Guard said. Image Courtesy: Indian Coast Guard The fire reportedly started on 28 September while the 10,700 dwt containership, identified as X-Press Godavari, was anchored off Sandheads Haldia. 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