Up to date on: Aug 19, 2025 05:54 am IST
Liberian-flagged bulk service W SAPPHIRE caught hearth in Baltimore’s Patapsco River, as per radar info. It had left For Port Louis on Monday.
A bulk service caught hearth within the Patapsco River close to the Francis Scott Key Bridge website in Baltimore. Maritime radar info reveals that the vessel is W SAPPHIRE, a bulk service presently flagged below Liberia. It has not been confirmed as an explosion by the Baltimore Metropolis Fireplace Division.
The incident occurred off the Baltimore Harbour off the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore Metropolis. Nobody was injured within the incident CBS confirmed in a report citing the police in Baltimore. In response to metropolis officers, under-deck hearth brought on smoke to billow into the air.
Radar data present that the ship’s name signal is D5AF7, with an IMO variety of 9605645 and an MMSI variety of 636023364. This is a screenshot of the radar info on the ship.
The ship departed from Baltimore on Monday, 18 August at 5:55 p.m. and was en path to Port Louis, Mauritius, with an estimated arrival on September 23.
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