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Container ship COSCO PACIFIC fire, interrupted voyage

Container ship COSCO PACIFIC fire, interrupted voyage
Mikhail Voytenko January 7, 2020 https://maritimebulletin.net/2020/01/07/container-ship-cosco-pacific-fir...

Container ship COSCO PACIFIC while en route from Port Klang Malaysia to Ngava Sheva western India reported fire in container or containers, in cargo hold.on Jan 4, being under way in Arabian sea off southwest Indian coast. The ship interrupted scheduled voyage and headed for Colombo, arriving there in the morning Jan 6. She was berthed, containers on fire are to be offloaded, ship’s to be under constant monitoring until completing inspection. The ship is deployed on SEA-India-Pakistan service, quite a number of shippers are to cope with delays and schedule interruptions. As of morning Jan 7, COSCO PACIFIC was still berthed at Colombo.
Container ship COSCO PACIFIC, IMO 9355551, dwt 111315, capacity 10062 TEU, built 2008, flag HK, manager COSCON.