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Turbineguy

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1. Hazardous cargo.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 10:17 PM

Jan 2019

In a lot of cases the cargo is not hazardous in and of itself, but cannot be located near other cargoes. Shippers sometimes mislabel cargoes to get a lower shipping rate. There could be a variety of reason for the fire but non-compatible cargoes can create an explosion or spontaneous combustion.

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Crew being moved off container ship on fire headed for Halifax [View all] applegrove Jan 2019 OP

Hazardous cargo. Turbineguy Jan 2019 #1

+1 Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #2

Did not think of that. applegrove Jan 2019 #3

I thought about that, too 2naSalit Jan 2019 #4