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General cargo ship fire, Sheerness, UK

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Kent Fire Service was alerted at around 0730 UTC Oct 15 and responded to fire on board of general cargo ship ODETTE, berthed at Sheerness Docks, UK, English Channel. The fire reportedly broke out in the cargo hold. The fire was extinguished by 1300 UTC, with all fire engines returning to stations. The character of materials that caught fire, and the extent of damages, are yet unknown. No injures were reported. ODETTE docked at Sheerness on Oct 14, on arrival from Bremen. The ship was remained berthed with no fireboats or tugs at her side, as of 1410 UTC Oct 15.

General Cargo ODETTE is currently located at UKC – North Sea at position 51° 26′ 23.136″ N, 0° 44′ 27.102″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2021-10-15 17:49 UTC (3 minutes ago) Marine Traffic reported
Added: The wind in this area at that time blows from the East direction at force 4 Beaufort.

 

The vessel is currently at port SHEERNESS, GB after a voyage of 1 day, 17 hours originating from port BREMEN, DE.

ODETTE (IMO: 9191943) is a General Cargo that was built in 2007 (14 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Portugal.
Its carrying capacity is 5557 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 6.1 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 99.98 meters and her width is 16.5 meters.

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