THE stricken 6,732-TEU MSC Flaminia, which still smoulders after a mid-Atlantic explosion on July 14, is encountering difficulty in seeking a European port to call.
THE stricken 6,732-TEU MSC Flaminia, which still smoulders after a mid-Atlantic explosion on July 14, is encountering difficulty in seeking a European port to call.
"I consider it shocking that a ship under the German flag does not receive a permission from the European countries to call at a port," said ship manager Reederei NSB's chief executive Helmut Ponath.
The Hamburg-area ship management company said the fire remains under control and is confined to No 7 seven hold, but the vessel has a 10-degree starboard list, having taken on water to quell the blaze, reported London's Containerisation International. More than 1,000 containers are said to be lost.
"Intense negotiations are conducted with all littoral states. NSB also remains in constant contact with German authorities in order to make use of all possibilities for continuing the salvage operation," the company statement said, adding that if the vessel cannot find a safe place to do the salvage work, saving the ship may not be "possible and the success of the operation is compromised".
THE stricken 6,732-TEU MSC Flaminia, which still smoulders after a mid-Atlantic explosion on July 14, is encountering difficulty in seeking a European port to call.
"I consider it shocking that a ship under the German flag does not receive a permission from the European countries to call at a port," said ship manager Reederei NSB's chief executive Helmut Ponath.
The Hamburg-area ship management company said the fire remains under control and is confined to No 7 seven hold, but the vessel has a 10-degree starboard list, having taken on water to quell the blaze, reported London's Containerisation International. More than 1,000 containers are said to be lost.
"Intense negotiations are conducted with all littoral states. NSB also remains in constant contact with German authorities in order to make use of all possibilities for continuing the salvage operation," the company statement said, adding that if the vessel cannot find a safe place to do the salvage work, saving the ship may not be "possible and the success of the operation is compromised".