Hamburger Company: Seemann dies in ship fire off India
A Filipino seaman died during a fire on a container ship off the coast of India. The Hamburg-based shipping management company Bernhard Schulte (BSM) informed the German Press Agency (dpa) of this. The company did not make any statements regarding the man's age. Several media outlets had reported on this earlier.
According to BSM, the ship was approximately 150 kilometers from the west coast of India when the fire broke out on Friday. The cause remains unclear. The container ship "Maersk Frankfurt" was on its way from Mundra (India) to Colombo (Sri Lanka). The Danish shipping giant Maersk had chartered the 2024-built vessel.
A spokesperson for BSM stated that there were no further injured individuals. The crew was reported to have consisted of a total of 21 members. The fire is under control; however, flames are still burning in some containers, the spokesperson added.
The container ship "Maersk Frankfurt," which was heading from Mundra, India, to Colombo, Sri Lanka, is operated by the Danish shipping giant Maersk. Despite the ship fire, the company BSM reported no additional injured sailors beyond the Filipino seaman who sadly perished. The ship was approximately 150 kilometers from the west coast of India when the incident occurred.
