The Newark Fire Department considers itself adequately trained to fight fires that erupt on ships in port, despite the US Coast Guard’s plan to consider further training after a vessel blaze aboard in early July caused the death of two firefighters.
Grimaldi Deep Sea’s 3,950-lane-metre Grande Costa d’Avorio (built 2011) was loading gas-propelled vehicles and containers on 5 July when a fire broke out on an upper level while it was berthed in Port Newark.
