Fire erupted in the fore part of general cargo ship HAPPY ROVER early in the morning Aug 21, dry docked at Schiedam, Rotterdam, and undergoing repairs, including fire works. The ship arrived at Rotterdam on Aug 8, from Canada.
Fire engines responded, at one time ship’s horn self-switched and woke up local residents, until it was switched off. As of 0600 UTC Aug 21, fire most probably, is still raging, officials said fire fighting might stretch on into the day.
General Cargo HAPPY ROVER is currently located at UKC – Rotterdam Area at position 51° 54′ 03.1″ N, 004° 23′ 00.2″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-08-18 13:02 UTC (3 days ago)
The vessel is currently at port SCHIEDAM, NL after a voyage of 9 days, 14 hours originating from port MONTREAL, CA.
