France 24 News
July 26, 2023
The cargo aboard the vessel includes electric vehicles and the ship’s owners told Dutch media it was the suspected cause of the deadly fire, which will now be investigated.
Shoei Kisen Kaisha in a statement said the car carrier Fremantle Highway, which had 3,000 vehicles onboard, was under way to its final destination in Singapore when the fire broke out.
“We are now trying to extinguish the fire in cooperation with the local authorities of (the) Netherlands, the salvor and the ship management company,” it said.