A hearth within the engine room of the 4,888 teu containership NYK Delphinus disabled the ship on Friday, leaving it adrift about 50 miles west off the coast of Monterey, California.
The 14-year-old ship was travelling from Vancouver, Canada to Oakland. The vessel contacted the coast guard in San Francisco simply earlier than 5:00 am to report the hearth. A workforce from the coast guard and Resolve Marine responded.
A coast guard helicopter crew transferred a dewatering pump to the NYK Delphinus crew. 5 tugboats offered by Resolve Marine sprayed water on the hull to offer further cooling measures. By Saturday morning, the ship’s crew reported that the engine room had cooled off and the hearth was contained.
As of Sunday morning, all decks above the engine room had been accessible and absolutely ventilated.
The ship is being towed to an offshore location west of Level Reyes. Upon arrival, further hearth and salvage groups will embark to conduct a structural-integrity inspection and look at injury to the engine room. As soon as the inspection is accomplished, the NYK Delphinus is scheduled to switch to Oakland Terminal Berth 22.
There have been no accidents among the many 24 folks onboard and no reported indicators of air pollution ensuing from the incident.