Mar 15: The ship was taken to Shanghai on Mar 9, probably moored at Changxing, but on Mar 13 taken to Shanghai inner anchorage. As of 0500 UTC Mar 15, she was on inner anchorage, but not at anchor, surrounded by SAR/firefighting ships and boats.
As it became known, the ship suffered fire in containers on upper deck, reportedly on Feb 14. E R KOBE was re-directed to Hong Kong, fire thought to be extinguished, but restarted on Feb 24.
Initial news Mar 5:
Container ship E R KOBE was rumored to suffer fire on board on Mar 1 or earlier while being in Chinese waters, no other information was available. The ship was on scheduled voyage from HK to Shanghai, she arrived on one of Shandhai outer anchorages as early as Feb 23, and is located at Luhuashan anchorage area since that date, moving around or anchored. Interestingly, as of Mar 5, she’s surrounded by SAR ships, tug or tugs and service boat or boats. It may be assumed, therefore, that the ship is in some kine of trouble, probably major trouble.
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