Massive Fire Breaks Out Aboard Scrap-Laden Ship At Amsterdam Port

Extinguishing the fire was made more difficult because the source of the fire was in a part of the hold that was difficult to reach.

Massive Fire Breaks Out Aboard Scrap-Laden Ship At Amsterdam Port

Screengrab from X video posted by Team Huismuizen A massive fire broke out on a large cargo ship loaded with scrap metal at the Amsterdam Scrap Terminal on Thursday afternoon, May 15, and continued burning into Friday. The ship involved is Trade, a 58,096-deadweight-tonne supramax bulk carrier flying the Marshall Islands flag and built in 2011. It had arrived in Amsterdam from Le Havre, France, on May 9 and was docked at Vlothavenweg in the city…

Scrap cargo ship fire in Amsterdam extinguished after nearly two days

A fire that broke out Thursday afternoon on a cargo ship loaded with scrap metal in Amsterdam’s Westelijk Havengebied was fully extinguished by around 8:45 p.m. Friday, the Amsterdam-Amstelland Safety Region reported.

The fire on a ship in the Western Port Area in Amsterdam is out, the fire department reports. Since Thursday afternoon there was a fire on the ship that was loaded with scrap material.