As of morning Sep 17 boxship Amsterdam Bridge is anchored in the same position off the entrance to Mumbai Bay with salvage vessel Svitzer Surat anchored nearby. No news on the development from Indian officials, in Indian media or anywhere. In last and latest press-release officials said fire was extinguished, no containers with dangerous cargoes were damaged, everything in short, was as fine as it could be. If everything is so fine and safe, why the vessel is still kept anchored off port? MSC Flaminia fire experience provides us with the answer – containers are still smouldering in hold or holds, some containers with dangerous goods were damaged or destroyed, and nobody knows what to do about it including salvage. The only way to effectively extinguish the fire is to move or offload containers, very difficult and expensive operation to perform at sea, but Amsterdam Bridge is kept at anchorage, which means the vessel is a threat if taken to port and docked, due to dangerous cargoes in some of the damaged or destroyed containers.
Boxship Amsterdam Bridge IMO 9450911, dwt 54405, capacity 4400 TEU, built 2009, flag Antigua, manager THIEN & HEYENGA (TUH) BEREEDERUNGS, Germany. Amsterdam Bridge arrived to Jawaharlal Nehru Port from Port Klang on Sep 8, vessel is employed on INDFEX route, operated by Japanese giant K-line.
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