Container ship fires push salvors to the limit

The fire broke out while the ship was alongside at Port of Los Angeles (ISU)

The International Salvage Union’s long-standing concerns over container ship cargo fires have again been highlighted by recent incidents handled by Dutch salvage contractor SMIT, underlining the growing complexity of responding to fires aboard modern container vessels.

With containers the contents are sealed and out of sight with only the paperwork indicating what is (or is not) inside the box.

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