Fire Cleanup Underway as Blaze Continues to Smolder in Bulker’s Cargo Hold

Fire crews at the Port of Aberdeen in Scotland have spent several days battling a cargo hold fire aboard a Panama-flagged bulker docked in the port. The ship and the port are reported to be in no immediate danger as several fire departments and specialist teams worked to extinguish the blaze.

The Japanese-owned bulker Lowlands Diamond, a Handymax bulker (39,996 dwt) reported the fire to the local authorities on Monday, January 27, …