Fire erupted in engine room of general cargo ship MONA at around 1420 UTC Sep 14 in Aegean sea, off Chios island western coast. Fire was extinguished by the crew, no injures reported, but the ship couldn’t continue her voyage from Ashdod to Tuzla, and had to be anchored in front of Agio Gala village, Chios. Was in the same position as of 0510 UTC Sep 15, extent of damages and her present condition unknown. She might continue voyage under own power, or require towage.
General Cargo MONA is currently located at BALTIC – Baltic Sea at position 53° 25′ 43.9″ N, 014° 34′ 35.9″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-09-15 18:43 UTC (1 minute ago)
The vessel is currently at port SZCZECIN, PL after a voyage of 4 hours, 32 minutes originating from port SWINOUJSCIE, PL.
The wind in this area at that time blows from West direction at force 4 Beaufort.
MONA (IMO: 8857124) is a General Cargo that was built in 1985 (37 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Iceland.
It’s carrying capacity is 674 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 1.6 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 51.15 meters and her width is 9.85 meters.
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Sources : Marine Traffic + Maritime Security
