Car Carriers

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Flaws in response, communication and control need to be put right ‘as soon as possible’, a report into the Dutch Coastguard’s handling of the fatal Fremantle Highway car carrier fire, which resulted in one death, has found.

30th May 2025

Dutch Coastguard found wanting in fatal ‘Fremantle’ fire

30th May 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The car carrier that caught fire over a year ago, killing one crew member, has been returned to Rotterdam before she heads off to a new life in the Far East.

18th October 2024

Burnt-out cargo vessel loaded at Rotterdam

18th October 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

After catching fire and killing one crew member off the Dutch coast on July 25, the Fremantle Highway  has now reached Eemhaven Port.

4th August 2023

WATCH: Burned-out ship towed into port

4th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

After just over a week, the Fremantle Highway has begun its journey to the Port of Eemshaven with investigators on board to monitor the situation.

3rd August 2023

News update: tugs begin towing burned car carrier

3rd August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

As the burning cargo ship Fremantle Highway is towed to a temporary location, reports have come out that as many as 500 electric vehicles were on board.

31st July 2023

Smoking cargo ship towed to temporary location

31st July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

One crew member has been killed and several hurt in a massive ongoing cargo ship fire in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands.

26th July 2023

One dies, many injured as fire ravages car carrier

26th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

German press has reported that a car carrier in the port of Bremerhaven tore lose from its moorings and crashed docks before knocking over a crane, causing hundreds of thousands of euros’…

14th July 2023

Car carrier causes thousands of euros’ damage

14th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

MAN will supply fuel-gas supply systems (FGSSs) to a new series of two dual-fuel car carriers

23rd May 2022

Cutting edge fuel vessel supply

23rd May 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Boskalis subsidiary Smit Salvage along with Mammoet Salvage have completed the complex wreck removal of a sunken car carrier that was presenting environmental and navigation risks to Europe’s largest port.

1st January 2016

Smit and Mammoet complete wreck removal

1st January 2016