Report emerged on fire in containers on board of container ship ZIM CHARLESTON, off Colombo. Fire erupted on Aug 7 or 8, when the ship was approaching Colombo or was already anchored, on arrival from Singapore.
On Aug 8 ZIM CHARLESTON left Colombo waters and sailed in western direction, turned back and returned during Aug 8-9. was berthed on Aug 11. as of Aug 16, remained berthed. Some 300 containers are probably, damaged.
Container Ship ZIM CHARLESTON is currently located at ECI – Laccadive Sea at position 06° 57′ 02.7″ N, 079° 50′ 21.9″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-08-16 19:01 UTC (1 minute ago)
The wind in this area at that time blows from South direction at force 4 Beaufort.
ZIM CHARLESTON (IMO: 9461506) is a Container Ship that was built in 2011 (11 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Hong Kong.
It’s carrying capacity is 8586 TEU and her current draught is reported to be 14 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 335.63 meters and her width is 42.8 meters.
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Sources : Maritime Security + Marine Traffic
