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Container ship the size of two football fields adrift off N.L., says coast guard

March 10, 2022 The Canadian Press

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The Canadian Coast Guard says a container ship the length of two football fields is adrift off the west coast of Newfoundland. The agency said in an email Wednesday the 265-metre-long MSC Kim reported engine problems

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105 containers that fell off cargo ship believed to have sunk: coast guard

November 11, 2021 The Canadian Press

VICTORIA – The Canadian Coast Guard says it believes that many, if not all, of the 109 containers that fell from a cargo ship off Victoria in late October have sunk. The containers were tossed from the MV Zim Kingston

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Ship fire out, but search continues for lost containers from vessel off B.C.’s coast 

October 29, 2021 The Canadian Press

VICTORIA – A fire that burned for nearly a week on the container ship anchored off Victoria’s waterfront has been put out.   A statement from Danaos Shipping Co., the manager of the MV Zim Kingston, says the specialized marine service

Ships work to control a fire onboard the MV Zim Kingston
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Salvage crew’s access to smouldering ship hampered by storm on B.C.’s coast

October 25, 2021 The Canadian Press

VICTORIA – The Canadian Coast Guard says a fire aboard a container ship off the coast of Victoria continues to smoulder. The coast guard says in a statement posted on social media that a salvage crew from Resolve Marine is

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Massive fire continues on Halifax-bound container ship

January 7, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS

HALIFAX – A second offshore support vessel has arrived off Canada’s east coast to help fight a fire that has been burning for days aboard a large container vessel bound for Halifax. “Several containers are still burning,” Tim Seifert, a