A Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) containership is said to have suffered an engine room fire off the coast of Sri Lanka.
The 4,743-teu MSC Messina (built 1995) reported the fire early on Friday about 425 nautical miles (787 km) from Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that one member of the ship’s crew was missing, but TradeWinds has been unable to verify this.
