Freighter disabled after engine room fire, taken on tow, Bay of Biscay
General cargo ship CATHY JO, reported NUC on May 12, suffered engine failure
following fire in engine room, early May 12 in Bay of Biscay
MRCC Corsen, France, was supervising salvage,
and sent technicians and fire team to drifting ship by helicopter
Fire was extinguished, but ship was in need of towage SAR ship ABEILLE BOURBON
was contracted for towage, the ship arrived at Brest early May 13,
was berthed at around 0330 UTC
At least part of towage distance was covered by CATHY JO under own power
The ship with 5400 tons of soda is en route from Turkey to Poland
Bron Fleetmon.com
CATHY JO
Bouwjaar: 2008, imonummer: 9419278, grt: 3990
Eigenaar: Seaburn Shipping N.V., Willemstad, Curaçao
Corrib Ship Management Ltd., Dublin, Ierland
Beheer: Wagenborg Shipping B.V., Delfzijl
Gebouwd: Ferus Smit Leer GmbH, Leer / 385
LxBxH: 110,78 x 14,00 x 8,12 meter
Motor: MAK 8M25 (255x400), 2640 kW, 14 knoop, roepsein: PJYV
© Marcel Coster
