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The Unified Command, consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard, the State of California, Resolve Marine and Witt O Briens said Sunday it was coordinating the safe transit of a containership 80 miles southwest of Big Sur to the Port of Oakland, Calif. after the ship had reported an engine fire on Friday. The NYK Delphinus crew reported a continuous decrease in the temperature of the engine room’s surrounding bulkheads Sunday morning. No signs of smoke have been observed and all decks above the engine room are now accessible and have been fully ventilated, the Coast Guard said Sunday.
Fire-damaged container ship being towed to Port of Oakland
Engine room blaze broke out while NYK Delphinus sailed from Vancouver
0 97 1 minute read The NYK Delphinus is being towed to the Port of Oakland after it was debilitated by an engine room fire. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard)
A container ship damaged by fire off the coast of California is being towed to the Port of Oakland.
The NYK Delphinus was about 50 miles west of the coast of Monterey, California, en route from the Port of Vancouver to Oakland, when the crew reported an engine fire to U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders at 4:54 a.m. Friday.
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