Vessel started to drift and assumedly, requested assistance, tug SALVANGUARD (IMO 9276664) was contracted or sent by authorities to assist. According to AIS track, MAERSK PATRAS was taken on tow at around 0100 UTC Nov 2, caravan started moving towards Las Palmas. As of 0500 UTC Nov 2, caravan was some 60 nm southeast of Las Palmas, maintaining some 6 knots speed.

No information on fire, whether it started in containers or in engine room. No information on scale and character of damages. It may be anything, from fire in engine room to a major containers fire, which could compel crew to abandon superstructure.

Vessel is deployed on WAF5 Sevice: Leixoes-Lissabon-Algeciras-Conakry-Luanda-Lobito-Walvis Bay.

Source: fleetmon
2016-11-03

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